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About the AuthorParsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    Book Review | A Challenging Thought Anthology On The Idea of IndiaBooks and Art
    Book Review | A Challenging Thought Anthology On The Idea of India

    There would be many who will argue that other schools of thought, especially the Charvakas, or the Materialist School,...

    26 April 2025 7:34 PM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will New Pontiff Continue Pope Francis’ Glasnost?Columnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will New Pontiff Continue Pope Francis’...

    Even as he adopted the name of Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, he showed his commitment to the Franciscan vows of...

    23 April 2025 12:26 AM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | ‘Small modular reactors’: New ‘nuclear’ buzz wordColumnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | ‘Small modular reactors’: New ‘nuclear’...

    The simple fact is that nuclear reactors come with advantages and dangers. There is no point in exaggerating them

    11 April 2025 11:06 PM IST

    Books | Decoding twists in Bofors storyBooks and Art
    Books | Decoding twists in Bofors story

    The story becomes interesting because Subramaniam is focused on the payment of bribes and she feels outraged by the fact...

    29 March 2025 3:48 PM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | After 50 Years, Population Back As Live Issue in IndiaColumnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | After 50 Years, Population Back As Live...

    Population control resurfaces, and policymakers face the challenge of harnessing a demographic dividend for sustainable...

    23 March 2025 11:02 PM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Take head count: Delay in Census will be costlyColumnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Take head count: Delay in Census will be...

    As the 2021 Census remains indefinitely postponed, concerns grow over India's data deficit and its impact on policy,...

    17 March 2025 8:25 PM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | An immigrant’s hope manifestoBooks and Art
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | An immigrant’s hope manifesto

    Pope Francis says that in the beginning he was opposed to Peronism but after he saw the concern shown for the poor, he...

    1 March 2025 4:56 PM IST

    Book Review | A true-grit politician of ideasBooks and Art
    Book Review | A true-grit politician of ideas

    The word, ‘maverick’, does not really describe Mani Shankar Aiyar in his political avatar. He got into politics...

    25 Jan 2025 12:48 PM IST

    Book Review | Indira’s friend, Sonia’s bete noireBooks and Art
    Book Review | Indira’s friend, Sonia’s bete noire

    What stands out conspicuously is that she belonged to an educated, cultured family on her father’s and mother’s...

    11 Jan 2025 1:09 PM IST

    A health worker collects a swab sample from a man to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a primary health centre in Hyderabad on February 22, 2021, as Indias coronavirus cases passed 11 million. (AFP)Columnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The long trauma of Covid: Lessons should...

    In November-December 2019, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) new coronavirus, also called SARS-CoV2 or...

    4 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Air gets too toxic to breathe: Whose problem is it really?Columnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Air gets too toxic to breathe: Whose...

    Delhi’s Central Pollution Board, the Committee for Air Quality Management (CAQM) for the National Capital Region and...

    21 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Tap private sector for climate change goalsColumnists
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Tap private sector for climate change...

    There was huge disappointment across all developing countries at the deal which finally emerged at the COP29 climate...

    13 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

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