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About the AuthorParsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    Cover image of Crunch Time: Narendra Modis National Security CrisesBooks
    Book Review | In praise of Modi's calibrated risk-taking on the...

    The author sees PM Modi as the man of the hour, the man of destiny, who has completely altered India's security and...

    8 May 2022 11:31 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the dedication of KK Patel Super Speciality Hospital at Bhuj in Gujarat, through a video conference, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Separate visions: Modi, Europe & Ukraine...

    The Europeans would not go beyond polite words to speak out against China in the context of the India-China conflict and...

    4 May 2022 4:01 AM IST

    A Member of Youth Congress wear PM Modi mask during a protest against the central government for the hike in fuel,LPG price and the using bulldozer in jahangirpuri encroachment in Delhi, in Bengaluru. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | BJP a political beneficiary of...

    The BJP is not afraid or ashamed to target Muslims under the cover of the law because it is fetching the party rich...

    22 April 2022 11:55 PM IST

    Supporter of ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) hold the national flag during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Pakistan's Supreme Court an unlikely...

    Imran's recommendation to President Alvi to dissolve the National Assembly also becomes invalid because he is facing a...

    9 April 2022 7:17 AM IST

    Students participate in a procession to protest against barring Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in Kolkata, Feb. 9, 2022. (AP /Bikas Das)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Don't weaponise' hijab, time to be more...

    The question about the hijab is a political issue. And we must get at the facts as to why and when the issue became a...

    17 March 2022 11:54 PM IST

    The BJPs door-to-door campaign drew sharp criticism from the rivals. (ANI representational)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | After its UP triumph, BJP must deliver...

    The Muslims in UP and the BJP must now come to terms with each other

    11 March 2022 10:49 AM IST

    Voters wait in queues to cast votes at a polling station during the 7th phase of West Bengal Assembly elections at a village near Balurghat in South Dinajpur district, Monday, April 26, 2021. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Confusion in Punjab amid new alliances,...

    Why should we remember Punjab's political past of nearly 60 years in the 2022 state Assembly election?

    18 Feb 2022 12:29 AM IST

    The success of the BJP in UP reflects the crude politics of communalism and casteism of the party. (Representational image/ PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Backward UP's alarm bells for India's...

    The success of the BJP in UP reflects the crude politics of communalism and casteism of the party

    10 Feb 2022 1:06 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to address the media, ahead of the Budget Session 2022, in New Delhi, (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi a political Pied Piper, sets 2024...

    Mr Modi has a right to his own dreams and visions for the country, however much we may disagree with its dystopian...

    2 Feb 2022 7:22 AM IST

    Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (DC File)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Opp. divide to make it easy for govt in...

    Budget Session of Parliament begins on Monday, January 31, and the first phase will last till February 11

    31 Jan 2022 1:38 AM IST

    (Clockwise from L) Founder and Executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Klaus Schwab and WEF president Borge Brende listen Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking remotely during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos Agenda virtual sessions at the WEFs headquarters in Cologny near Geneva on January 17, 2022. (AFP)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why it's tough to invest in India: Fix the...

    The challenge on the economic front now seems to be to place India as a strategic part of the global supply chain, a...

    21 Jan 2022 1:57 AM IST

    Union finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | FM bats on a sticky wicket as Covid...

    The major flaw of this government, and it is not that of the finance minister alone, is the refusal to accept that these...

    11 Jan 2022 2:33 AM IST

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