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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    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 PhotoOpinion
    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

    What we need are strategies for coping with Covid-19 and they need not be drastic ones like the national lockdowns, or even large-scale quarantining. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Covid-19: A glimmer of hope as recoveries rise

    The difference between the fatalities and recoveries is huge, and gives rise to more than a glimmer of hope

    28 April 2020 6:20 PM IST

    Forensic officials arrive at Nizamuddin Markaz to conduct an investigation into the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus at a congregation organised by the Tablighi Jamaat in mid-March. (PTI)Opinion
    Covid's TJ factor: Shun prejudice, stick to facts

    The vilification of the Tablighi Jamaat is nothing but transparent majoritarian prejudice in full display

    9 April 2020 3:40 PM IST

    The Shaheen Bagh women need to form a committee of their own to steer the protests, and to prevent troublemakers from hijacking the peaceful movement.Opinion
    Violence in Delhi shows politics at boiling point

    It's not necessary to talk in alarmist tones about the breakdown in law and order.

    26 Feb 2020 6:27 AM IST

    A child dressed as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal holds a blue balloon at the party headquarters in New Delhi on February 11, 2020. (AFP)Opinion
    In AAP's triumph, a new kind of politics emerges

    In many ways, Mr Kejriwal and Mr Modi are both modern politicians of the 21st century.

    12 Feb 2020 2:32 AM IST

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    A make-do' Budget that adjusts to the slowdown

    The Economic Survey of 2019-20, placed on the table of the LS on Jan 31, was arguing that there should be minimal state...

    3 Feb 2020 12:19 AM IST

    A coup of sorts was accomplished by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he managed to get Amit Shah chosen as party president after he inducted Rajnath Singh, who was midway through his second presidential term, into the Cabinet.Opinion
    It's no easy time for Nadda, Modi-Shah

    Mr Shah would have had another term as president but for the fact that Mr Modi wanted him in the government.

    24 Jan 2020 1:45 AM IST

    The temptation of many of the fanatical followers of the Modi-Shah BJP is to repeat the empty canard of tukde-tukde gang against the youth. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Protests a test: Can govt not read signs of times?

    The Modi government and the BJP have the responsibility to respond with nuance if not with sensitivity to the protesting...

    10 Jan 2020 12:20 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    The political highs and economic lows of Modi 2.0

    It was clear that businesses were listless, and unable to make things happen.

    1 Jan 2020 1:34 AM IST

    Union home minister Amit Shah (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Towards pan-India NRC: Creating climate of fear?

    It is a known fact that the NRC in Assam was meant to detect illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.

    22 Nov 2019 2:30 AM IST

    Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackerays demand for a share in the chief ministerial term is, on the face of it, unreasonable.Opinion
    BJP-Shiv Sena cracks, a sign of power imbalance

    There is also a clear indication that the BJP was gradually marginalising the Shiv Sena in state politics.

    14 Nov 2019 1:32 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Returns on rhetoric diminishing for BJP

    The BJP may have to review its propaganda offensive based on national security, terrorism and Pakistan.

    25 Oct 2019 1:04 AM IST

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