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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    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 10:15 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 8:33 PM IST

    Book Review | Doc Who Tried to Stop PartitionBooks and Art
    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 12:21 PM IST

    Book Review | A Close Look at Indian DiasporaBooks and Art
    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 12:13 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 and Art
    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 12:49 PM IST

    Book Review | The Honourable Nehru-Matthai ClashBooks and Art
    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 10:19 AM IST

    Book Review | The Honourable Nehru-Matthai ClashBooks and Art
    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 8:48 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 12:16 AM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The Conundrum of Caste Calculus in India’s PolityColumnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The Conundrum of Caste Calculus in India’s...

    Politics shifts as caste groups push for identity, rights, and representation

    15 May 2025 9:28 PM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Leo XIV, 1st American Pope, Picks Francis’ ‘Peace’ BatonColumnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Leo XIV, 1st American Pope, Picks Francis’...

    The newly-elected Pope Leo XIV seems closer to Pope Francis in his idea of being with the oppressed

    10 May 2025 2:15 AM IST

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