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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    (From left) Sachin Pilot with Ashok GehlotOpinion
    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 6:42 PM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The politics of Modi’s Galwan, COVID silenceOpinion
    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 25th Foundation Day of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences at Bengaluru via video conferencing, in New Delhi. PTI PhotoOpinion
    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

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr: Will Atma Nirbhar Bharat ignite the economy?Opinion
    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 6:55 PM IST

    The exercise of creating the graded zones of red, orange and green on the basis of the intensity of Covid-19 in these areas seems to have been done without strategic intent. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr: Govt muddling in crisis, drift and politics...

    The Central government took gratuitous decisions without consulting the chief ministers and the state governments

    9 May 2020 7:10 PM IST

    : A health official (L) collects sample for a swab test from a mobile testing van during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, in Ahmedabad. 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 6:13 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 3:36 PM IST

    Jyotiraditya Scindia at the BJP party headquarters in New Delhi after bidding goodbye to the Congress. (PTI)Opinion
    Jyotiraditya Scindia’s exit is a sign of confusion in the Congress

    And that confusion is due to lack of ideological clarity rather than faction fighting within the party

    12 March 2020 9:49 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 6:02 AM IST

    The overwhelming victory of Arvind Kejriwals Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the second time in the Delhi Assembly elections on Tuesday is comparable to that of the Narendra Modi-led BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. (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 5:54 AM IST

    Nirmala Sitharaman.Opinion
    A ‘make-do’ Budget that adjusts to the slowdown

    There are vital clues for this strategy in the Budget speech.

    3 Feb 2020 5:56 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
    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 1:02 AM IST

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