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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst

Cover image of Modis India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy by Christophe Jaffrelot.

Book review | The true colour of Modi's majoritarianism

Modi's pro-poor, anti-establishmentarian populism did not really translate into pro-poor policies or help the poor to...

19 Dec 2021 1:51 AM IST

Defense personnel carry a flag-draped casket of Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed forces Bipin Rawat at Palam airport in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (AP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Rawat death a blow: Stick to unified...

India is moving towards a unified command of all the three wings of the defence services for the first time

10 Dec 2021 2:33 AM IST

The farmers are hard-nosed realists and they are not sentimental romantic fools like their urban supporters and urban opponents. Representational Image. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Farmers can't be fooled: Govt looks...

The farmers who are now demanding a law which assures MSP are not taking advantage of Mr Modi's goodwill gesture

25 Nov 2021 2:30 AM IST

Kangana Ranaut (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Loony left and loony right are good for a...

Between the loony left and the loony right, the loony right is more dangerous because they readily indulge in violence...

20 Nov 2021 7:18 AM IST

Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a meeting during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow. (AP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Ambiguities remain amid India's pledges at...

PM's quantitative commitments at Glasgow earlier this month require a closer look than usual

7 Nov 2021 10:55 PM IST

Though 50 countries have promised net zero emissions by 2050, the experts feel that the roadmap is vague. Representational Image. (AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India set to score brownie points at...

In Paris, there was a commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2030

29 Oct 2021 3:03 AM IST

Mr Sidhu is cloaking his ambition in the bid to fight corrupt leaders in the party. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Sidhu drama reveals Cong afloat despite...

The Congress had to go into the election with Mr Channi as the face of the party, and not Mr Sidhu

30 Sept 2021 1:42 AM IST

The incident took place on Monday when Charanjit Singh Channi had called 37 mechanical lecturers for giving them their posting orders. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Dalit CM in Punjab poses a real challenge...

The devious games inside the Congress Party are too well known, and they are past lamentation

22 Sept 2021 2:27 AM IST

NITI Aayog building in the National Capital has been sealed for 48 hours, after a director level officer tested positive for coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt can't leave it to pvt sector to spend...

The private sector in India is not too keen to get into infrastructure projects

1 Sept 2021 1:50 AM IST

The consistent stand of India, whether it was that of the BJP-led NDA or the Congress-led UPA, was that there are no good Taliban or bad Taliban , and that the Taliban as Islamic terrorists were all bad. Representational Image. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India's real problem on Taliban is its Pak...

India's first real brush with the Taliban came during the December 1999 Indian Airlines IC-814 hijacking

24 Aug 2021 4:19 AM IST

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman would perhaps explain that the Modi government did not move the amendment to the retrospective tax amendment as it wanted it to be proved how wrong the Mukherjee move was in terms of legality. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Retro tax scrapping will not lead to spurt...

Everyone felt that it was curtains at last for what is considered Pranab Mukherjee's policy folly as finance minister in...

10 Aug 2021 2:18 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | BJP's K'taka mess lingers: BSY won't go...

Karnataka strongman and BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa stepped down on Monday evening as the state's chief minister after...

28 July 2021 12:33 AM IST