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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    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

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AFP).Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | A bumpy ride for govt, but Modi 2.0...

    The government is not too worried that nearly five lakh people have died in India due to Covid-19 in the 2020 and 2021...

    3 Jan 2022 1:27 AM IST

    Prime Minister Modi, with his love for technology, is enthused to bring everything into digital order, and all that he wants is to keep a close eye on every citizen. (Representational Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Aadhaar's use and misuse: Govt spreads its...

    The Modi government is misusing this gap in the definition of Aadhaar to extend the power of the State to identify and...

    22 Dec 2021 11:52 PM IST

    It looks like that the Yogi Adityanath government in Lucknow and the Narendra Modi government in New Delhi were waiting for election time to usher in the goodies, as it were. (AFP)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will Modi-Yogi shock & awe campaign work...

    The spate of inaugurations do not really speak of achievements, but it is a way of hiding the absence of achievements

    20 Dec 2021 1:26 AM IST

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

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