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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    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

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Could Drones, Missiles Alone Fight Wars Today, Tomorrow?Columnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Could Drones, Missiles Alone Fight Wars...

    One of the teasing questions that crops up with regard to the recent India-Pakistan clash following India’s Operation...

    7 Aug 2025 11:10 PM IST

    Book Review | Of X-rays, CT & Tragedy at AIIMSBooks
    Book Review | Of X-rays, CT & Tragedy at AIIMS

    You would not get a better account of the hours that Indira Gandhi’s body remained at AIIMS before it was shifted to...

    12 July 2025 12:59 PM IST

    Book Review | The Honourable Nehru-Matthai ClashBooks
    Book Review | The Honourable Nehru-Matthai Clash

    Dadabhoy avoids the trap of the anti-Nehru flavour by showing Matthai as the victim of Nehru’s high handedness. He...

    6 July 2025 10:18 AM IST

    Book Review | The Honourable Nehru-Matthai ClashBooks
    Book Review | The Honourable Nehru-Matthai Clash

    Matthai thought it was unnecessary expenditure which could be avoided. But Nehru was keen about it. Matthai and Nehru...

    28 Jun 2025 3:55 PM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | How Indira Misread Signs, Failed Morality Test in 1975Columnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | How Indira Misread Signs, Failed Morality...

    Sholay, Deewar, and Aandhi captured the unrest and spirit of 1975 better than news or speeches.

    24 Jun 2025 8:47 PM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Uncertainty Of Monsoon Continues To Haunt IndiaColumnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Uncertainty Of Monsoon Continues To Haunt...

    Agriculture is a key factor in the growth rate of the economy. The Economic Survey 2023-24 noted that agriculture...

    14 Jun 2025 12:14 AM IST

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