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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst

Voters stand in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during the third phase of Bihar Assembly Elections, at Mahua in Vaishali district, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. (PTI Photo)

No real winner in Bihar; Nitish, Tejashwi lose out

The 2020 Bihar Assembly election has ended without any real winners

12 Nov 2020 8:12 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar share a light moment during an election rally in Muzaffarpur on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Hindutva a stumbling block for BJP in Bihar

There is a political vacuum in Bihar, and there is room for some of the existing players to grab the opportunity and...

24 Oct 2020 11:40 AM IST

Students during a protest rally over the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang-raped two weeks ago in Hathras. PTI Photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Hathras: Yogi government's offensive...

The charges against the protesters include conspiracy, treason and abetting enmity between communities and castes

7 Oct 2020 6:13 PM IST

Farmers shout slogans as they march to protest against the Union governments agriculture reforms in Amritsar. (AFP)

Parsa | What is PM Modi afraid of?

The prime minister should have used the debate on farm bills to underscore their virtues

24 Sept 2020 9:53 PM IST

The last active politician who became President before Pranab Mukherjee was Shankar Dayal Sharma in 1992. So it was not an easy going for Pranab. File Photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Pranab Da's politics: Adept at managing...

Pranab showed that he was capable in dealing with the intricacies of administration without handing over levers of power...

4 Sept 2020 4:23 PM IST

Children hold Indian flags as they celebrate Independence Day in Dharavi. AP Photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India's mood is sombre: Is Modi government...

Independence Day has also been a grim occasion for many of those who had to leave behind everything they had

15 Aug 2020 5:38 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi in the Bhoomi Pujan (ANI)

Parsa Venkateshwar | Puja at Ayodhya: Modi's bid to seal BJP's future?

He was careful enough to avoid mentioning the other part of the Ayodhya settlement as directed by the SC in its November...

5 Aug 2020 8:26 PM IST

Mumbai: Jyoti Randhe, a class 10th student of BMC school, studies at her house, at Aarey Colony in Mumbai. AFP Photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | NEP is ambitious, but needs more...

To put the ideas of the plan into action, many more institutions have to be set up

1 Aug 2020 4:26 PM IST

(From left) Sachin Pilot with Ashok Gehlot

Parsa | A failed coup & intolerant CM fuels Raj sarkar crisis

There is room only for one leader, It is the same culture that has been enacted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the...

16 July 2020 6:57 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to a forward location in Nimu in Ladakh. PTI Photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The politics of Modi's Galwan, COVID...

It has become clear by now that Modi is uncomfortable with the nitty-gritty, and with details

4 July 2020 6:30 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the CII Annual Session-2020 via video conferencing, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | A bad start to 2.0: Modi's bravado fails...

When Modi and the BJP came back to power in the summer of 2019, the euphoria was confined mainly to the party

3 Jun 2020 5:09 PM IST

A market complex is seen open after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Siliguri. PTI Photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr: Will Atma Nirbhar Bharat' ignite the...

By leaving it as an open-ended term, Mr Modi and his colleagues want to wait and watch which way the global trade winds...

22 May 2020 6:54 PM IST