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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    The new Sansad Bhavan (Parliament building) under Central Vista Project. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will new House symbolise our democratic...

    A re-enactment of a meaningless ritual whose historicity is dubious has now been made the keystone of India's...

    30 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar takes part in a press conference in Bangkok on August 17, 2022. (Jack TAYLOR / AFP)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Is Pak off Sangh radar? Ties uneasy amid...

    At the moment, Pakistan has ceased to be that enemy which ideological fanatics so desperately need

    27 May 2023 12:35 AM IST

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

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