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About the AuthorParsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    As climate change plays out and we see more frequent extreme weather and floods, how communities respond to those events may predict how resilient they become and how they will recover. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)Columnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | As Global Climate Deal Sinks, India, China...

    It is unrealistic to think that the issue of global climate change should be decided on science-based empirical evidence...

    10 Dec 2025 12:20 AM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Impressive GDP Growth Lifts Modi Govt’s Spirits, but Questions RemainColumnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Impressive GDP Growth Lifts Modi Govt’s...

    Growth improves, but exports, investment and data trust raise concerns.

    30 Nov 2025 7:47 PM IST

    Book Review | Paradoxes Of Development, DemocracyBooks
    Book Review | Paradoxes Of Development, Democracy

    This book is an easy-to-grasp compendium of safe generalisations about Indian politics and economy, which partisans on...

    15 Nov 2025 10:41 PM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr l Did Lalu’s Image Hit RJD Chances? Next time, Chirag The Man to WatchColumnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr l Did Lalu’s Image Hit RJD Chances? Next...

    Psephologist and political analyst Yogendra Yadav rightly pointed out that the NDA had access to larger segments of the...

    15 Nov 2025 8:45 AM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Questions Linger Over Delhi Blast; Centre Is Right To Act With CautionColumnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Questions Linger Over Delhi Blast; Centre...

    Apart from the possible Pakistan angle, Indian authorities face the challenge of assessing the security situation in the...

    11 Nov 2025 10:56 PM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Sardar Patel, BJP and Idea of India: The Ideological & Moral Gulf Is WideColumnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Sardar Patel, BJP and Idea of India: The...

    Mr Singh praised Nehru as “Rashtra Purush”, saying the first PM led the country at a critical juncture and gave a new...

    30 Oct 2025 11:47 PM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India Needs Reality Check: Double-digit Growth VitalColumnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India Needs Reality Check: Double-digit...

    There is a divide between the economic experts in the political establishment in the government and the Reserve Bank of...

    21 Oct 2025 9:57 PM IST

    Book Review | Vajpayee the Moderate, Who Yielded to PressuresBooks
    Book Review | Vajpayee the Moderate, Who Yielded to Pressures

    It is surprising that both Vajpayee and Advani were reluctant to walk out of Janata Party even after the fall of the...

    4 Oct 2025 1:08 PM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | GST Rejig A Tax Bonanza? Poll-eve Step No ‘Reform’Columnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | GST Rejig A Tax Bonanza? Poll-eve Step No...

    It is proclaimed that the GST now comprises just two slabs, 18 per cent and five per cent. The supposed “sin” goods slab...

    21 Sept 2025 10:14 PM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India’s Options Few Amid Trump’s Tariff TantrumsColumnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India’s Options Few Amid Trump’s Tariff...

    US hikes duties on Indian goods, citing Russia oil and trade gap

    20 Aug 2025 8:32 PM IST

    Book Review | Doc Who Tried to Stop PartitionBooks
    Book Review | Doc Who Tried to Stop Partition

    After Independence, Davar continued to play an important role with the refugees who flooded Delhi, and he was Nehru’s...

    16 Aug 2025 1:36 PM IST

    Book Review | A Close Look at Indian DiasporaBooks
    Book Review | A Close Look at Indian Diaspora

    If during the colonial period, it was “wealth drain” as pointed out by Dadabhai Naoroji and Gopal Krishna Gokhale, it...

    9 Aug 2025 2:20 PM IST

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