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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst

Its a clear warning for former spies and spooks, and others who know a little too much about the secrets of the State, that they will lose their pension and other benefits if they were to spill the beans. (Twitter)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The business of gagging retired spooks...

Citizens of a democratic state have a right to know whether the money they pay in taxes is used for diabolical acts like...

5 Jun 2021 1:01 AM IST

A medic administers a COVID-19 vaccine at Tej Bahadur Sapru Hospital in Prayagraj. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | As pandemic rises, it's crucial to get...

For long we have believed numbers are sure indicators, that they don't deceive

25 May 2021 9:33 PM IST

What attracted attention, obviously, was his taking note of the upheaval caused by Mr Modis arrival in Delhi as Prime Minister, dealt with much panache in the first two chapters of the book under the attention-grabbing headings of Bombard The Headquarters and Modis Metaphors . DC Image

Book Review | A clinical view of the exit of Delhi durbar, not an...

Sanjay Baru's book analyses the changing complexion of India's diverse influence groups

9 May 2021 9:53 AM IST

In its May 5 verdict, the Supreme Court had spelled out various reasons for disallowing reservations for the Marathas. (DC file photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The case against quotas isn't about...

The reservations issue poses a special dilemma for Shiv Sena and BJP, as both subscribe to conservative ideologies of...

7 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Verdicts in TN, Kerala, Assam show political diversity rules

The masterminds behind the one nation, one party slogan should know they cannot hope to win across the entire country

3 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Family members mourn near the body of the deceased after clashes erupted between locals and central forces during the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly Election in Cooch Behar. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Bengal violence erupted as all leaders...

What India is seeing is a generation of political leaders who are immature, who lack the poise of a leader of a national...

15 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Security personnel pay tribute to CRPF jawan Shambhu Roy, who died in a gun battle with Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh, during his funeral ceremony at Dharmanagar in North Tripura district on April 6, 2021. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Need to rethink strategy to tackle Maoist...

It is possible that some of the J&K separatists and the Naxalites are fanatical ideologues, but there are many others...

7 April 2021 7:16 AM IST

A new generation of RSS and BJP leaders are not inclined to update the Hindutva ideology because their basic presumption of glorifying a dead national past is their basic principle. (Photo:PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Hosabale's rise: RSS-BJP ties still remain...

If the BJP survives in power, it may not need the RSS much longer

29 March 2021 4:19 AM IST

Indians who complain loudly and aggressively against the offensive behaviour of white people in the West fall into the same kind of behaviour at home when we deal with blacks and all non-white people whether they are visitors or students. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Let's talk about racism Fight it at home,...

Discrimination based on colour is a habit of the mind among people across the length and breadth of Indian society

18 March 2021 4:23 AM IST

The focus of the Assembly elections in four states and a Union territory has centred around West Bengal and the big question is whether the BJP under PM Modi will breach the final barrier, as it were, for the right-wing saffron party. (AP/Bikas Das)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi's pan-Indian image won't help BJP win...

The right-wing party is learning the hard way that multitudinous India is a multipolar political field

10 March 2021 7:21 AM IST

Climate activist Disha Ravi, 22, being taken to a court in New Delhi, India, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Ravi was arrested for circulating a document on social media supporting months of massive protests by farmers in India. (AP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Arrests on flimsy basis undermine...

A citizen's liberty cannot be left to the mercy of a policeman or policewoman

26 Feb 2021 12:00 AM IST

The honest way of going about this important issue dealing with the challenges of agriculture is to tell the truth that the government is unable to pay the rising MSP bill. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | PM's arguments on farm laws seem deeply...

The government is now telling a lie -- that farmers will get a better deal outside the mandi, which is not the case over...

17 Feb 2021 7:18 AM IST