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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst

Cover photo The Crooked Timber of New India: Essays on a Republic in Crisis by Parakala Prabhakar. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Stoically observing the faults and follies of India's...

The challenge that Prabhakar faces is how to shame a government for its forgivable & unforgivable lapses because of its...

14 May 2023 12:24 AM IST

Cover photo of Azaad: An Autobiography by Ghulam Nabi Azad. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | None too comfortable revelations from a Congress Party...

In Azad's telling he and Sonia Gandhi had a great working equation.

23 April 2023 12:51 AM IST

In its pursuit to form a majority government at the Centre for the third time in a row, the BJP is aiming to win more than 400 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. . (ANI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Karnataka poses challenge to BJP's...

Political pundits are not willing to stick their neck out and make predictions

19 April 2023 12:34 AM IST

The thinking in the government is that for Indian economy to grow, it needs the big players, and the Modi establishments praise for MSMEs is just lip service. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will breakup of monopolies give Indian...

The nationalist fervour that dominates Prime Minister Modi and the BJP is such that the nuances of policy have no value...

6 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives to address a press conference at AICC headquarters, in New Delhi, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Complications in defamation law exposed

The question that Judge Varma had to decide was whether Rahul implied that all people with the surname of Modi were...

26 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC wades into uncertainty in bid to check...

The Supreme Court had stepped in to check the Modi government's inaction in one case, and lack of transparency in the...

21 March 2023 12:07 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Chhattisgarh state President Mohan Markam and other party leaders during the 85th plenary session, in Raipur, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Congress plenary: The real stuff behind...

There is much more to the Congress carnival at Raipur than the speeches of Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul...

28 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a post-budget press conference, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Slow economic growth a major challenge for...

The MPC statement shows that inflation remains an issue of concern, something that the FM refused to take into account...

22 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Using stick isn't the way to deter child...

Sarma has followed the letter of the law in his zeal to fight the social evil of child marriage.

10 Feb 2023 12:39 AM IST

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2023-24 in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Dreams left undisturbed in Budget amid...

The 2023-24 Union Budget of Ms Sitharaman can at best be described as a Budget of idle curiosities, lacking any sense of...

3 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC leaves a lot of loose ends with...

Demonetisation is mainly a policy issue, and an impartial examination of the details will show that it was done without...

4 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

In India too, an intense fight is on between the Hindu right, partially represented by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Hindu liberals. (Representational image: AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India's culture wars: A clash of ignorant...

There is also the basic question whether the Hindu liberals are really liberal, and whether the Hindu reactionaries are...

26 Dec 2022 2:30 PM IST