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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    View of Parliament House ahead of its Monsoon session in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt has it easy in Parl session as Opp....

    Prime Minister Modi and the ruling BJP have sent out the message that the Opposition is in direct and indirect ways...

    24 Dec 2022 9:03 AM IST

    This file photo taken on October 14, 2018 shows soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force taking part in a military review at the Ground Self-Defence Forces Asaka training ground in Asaka, Saitama prefecture. - Japan announced on December 16, 2022 its biggest defence overhaul in decades, hiking spending, reshaping its military command and acquiring new missiles to tackle the threat from China. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will Japan's rearmament impact India's...

    Japan's decision to strengthen its military will have definite implications for the Quad -- comprising the US, Japan,...

    21 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Supreme Court (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The hidden politics behind Supreme Court's...

    On the face of it, the collegium system is indeed untenable in principle in a democratic system. But it is not a simple...

    7 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

    File photo of Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi waving at supporters at a public meeting ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections, in Kheda district. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Gujarat, Modi's home base, remains a...

    Gujarat, is not a cakewalk for either the BJP or Mr Modi, and the PM is also keen to prove that he remains unbeaten on...

    30 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Cover photo of Ambedkar: A Life by Shashi Tharoor (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | Was Ambedkar Gandhi's best critic or worst?

    Review of 'Ambedkar: A Life by Shashi Tharoor'

    6 Nov 2022 1:58 AM IST

    A ten-time MLA and a Parliamentarian, who also served as the Union defence minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav rose to national prominence in 1989. PTIOpinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Mulayam: A socialist who managed...

    It would be na¯ve to impose labels on Mulayam Singh Yadav or to find traces of ideological consistency

    12 Oct 2022 12:01 AM IST

    Cover photo of The Life and Times of George Fernandes By Rahul Ramagundam (Photo By Arrangement)Books
    Book Review | The success and sacrifice of India's last political hero

    Excerpt from The Life and Times of George Fernandes By Rahul Ramagundam

    18 Sept 2022 1:25 AM IST

    Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Sitharaman's appeal to India Inc seems...

    FM Nirmala Sitharaman made it evident that the government's policies have been private sector-friendly through measures...

    17 Sept 2022 12:16 AM IST

    Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad (PTI file photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will Congress heed what Ghulam Nabi had to...

    Mr Azad's criticism of Rahul is what the Congress badly needs

    29 Aug 2022 9:01 AM IST

    The national flag is seen in the foreground as Rapid Action force (RAF) and Karnataka police personnel patrol on the disputed Idgah Maidan, on the eve of 76th Independence Day, at Chamrajpet area in Bengaluru, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India@75 mood: Uneasy sense of...

    Both Atal Behari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh functioned as Prime Ministers and the country moved, and no one felt the...

    14 Aug 2022 11:50 PM IST

    Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair comes out of Tihar Jail after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in all FIRs lodged against him in UP, in New Delhi. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Let SC act: End arbitrary arrests over...

    The BJP and other right-wing entities have taken up cudgels against Mr Zubair, and the secular elements are up in arms...

    21 July 2022 11:30 PM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Modi's reaching out to minorities, not...

    BJP did get the Muslim vote in the 2022 UP Assembly elections, as pointed out by Hilal Ahmed in his analysis of the...

    16 July 2022 12:46 AM IST

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