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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    Is economy in a feel-good psychedelic state in India?Columnists
    Is economy in a feel-good psychedelic state in India?

    The Indian economy is turning out to be like the American one in many ways

    25 Jan 2024 12:24 AM IST

    Saffron flags bearing images of Lord Ram, Lord Hanuman and the upcoming grand temple on display in front of shops along Ram Path, in Ayodhya. Ahead of the Ram temple consecration ceremony in the holy city, demand for such flags has risen manifold. (PTI Photo/Kunal_Dutt)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi's Ayodhya overdrive: Will dreams...

    It is difficult to draw a dividing line between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s excessive enthusiasm as the Ram...

    15 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

    Construction work in progress at Ayodhya Railway Station, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The lesson from Ayodhya: How power...

    From 1853 to 1931, when the local groups rioted for space in the then Babri Masjid, it was the religious motive that...

    26 Dec 2023 11:48 PM IST

    The only claim that the Modi government can make is that national security concern was the reason for making the drastic changes in the status of Jammu and Kashmir. (Representative Image: DC)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC's Art. 370 ruling has left key...

    Even Hindu-majority Jammu is not happy with the new UT status

    14 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi with BJP National President J.P. Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during celebrations after partys victory in elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, at BJP headquarters, in New Delhi, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Local factors led to BJP's Hindi belt poll...

    The BJP has won three of the states north of the Vindhyas -- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh -- with clear...

    4 Dec 2023 12:03 AM IST

    Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan (Twitter)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The politics of governors: How Centre...

    The post of the governor remains a constitutional anomaly. The governor is supposed to head the executive of the state...

    27 Nov 2023 11:38 PM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Nari Shakti Vandan-Abhinandan Karyakram, a day after Parliament passed the womens reservation bill, at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, on Friday. (Image: PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi foreign policy fumble amid...

    India's position on the Hamas-Israel confrontation is quite different from that of its stance on the Russia-Ukraine war

    16 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

    The capital city of Delhi enveloped in smog in New Delhi, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Air pollution level is Delhi-NCR has started rising owing much to stubble (parali) burning in adjoining states. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Delhi's nightmare: Leaders bicker while...

    The alarming levels of poor air quality in Delhi and its neighbourhood in the National Capital Region (NCR) have been...

    8 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Legalising gay marriage: Societal shift takes timeOpinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Legalising gay marriage: Societal shift...

    The decision of a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court last week that it is not for the court to recognise the marital...

    23 Oct 2023 12:07 AM IST

    Identities that cannot be erased from individuals and communitiesLifestyle
    Identities that cannot be erased from individuals and communities

    Telangana Telugu is the one which is not Sanskritised, and even though it is looked down upon

    22 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Book Review | How the PM, PMO Decide on Finance Ministry AffairsLifestyle
    Book Review | How the PM, PMO Decide on Finance Ministry Affairs

    As a bureaucrat, Subhash Chandra Garg adopts the view of the government

    15 Oct 2023 2:29 AM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi, BJP looking for the elusive big issue in 2024Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi, BJP looking for the elusive big...

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s panache for dramatic gestures was in evidence in the passing of the...

    25 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

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