Parul Chandra

Independent journalist writing on foreign affairs. Animal lover. Passionate about music. Formerly TOI, Financial Express, Asian Age.

[Parul Chandra @ParulChandraP]

PM Modi’s visit to Israel was clearly ill-timed. Amid the widening #USIsraelIranWar war, India must ensure that its ever-tightening clinch with Israel does not jeopardise its broader strategic interests in the volatile #WestAsia region. My OpEd piece.

[Rajat Pandit @IamRajat_Pandit]

And we are simply twiddling our thumbs!

[newslaundry @newslaundry]

Modi ji Day 4,399.
On this significant day, let us join the pooja.

All the jay jay kara that made this possible.
Sing with us, because Modi Ne Bulaya Hai.

[Parul Chandra @ParulChandraP]

@IamRajat_Pandit 😉

[Parul Chandra @ParulChandraP]

#India’s calculated embrace of #Myanmar’s military regime is governed by hard-nosed realpolitik due to a volatile border, escalating security threats, and a high-stakes geopolitical rivalry with #China. My piece

[Parul Chandra @ParulChandraP]

Cold-shouldered by the new #Nepal govt led by Balen Shah of RSP, India will now be banking heavily on the upcoming visit of party chair Rabi Lamichhane, invited by the BJP, to build robust ties & ensure its strategic interests are protected. My OpEd.
https://t.co/CW3W6gHAM3

[Parul Chandra @ParulChandraP]

Must read story by @nicholas_puneet where he reveals that eight years after PM Modi launched the Anaemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) Mission, the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) fact-sheet has omitted the entire section on anaemia prevalence in the country!

[The Federal @TheFederal_News]

Omission of critical health indicators from NFHS-6 fact sheet exposes a disturbing trend of suppressing statistics that contradict the govt’s good-governance narrative, writes @nicholas_puneet.

#Health #NFHS #India #Data
https://t.co/GWqhE7O344

[Venkatesh Alla @venkat_fin9]

Not a single pump in India is required to LABEL the ethanol content on the dispenser. You don't know if you're getting E15, E18, or E20. You're fuelling blind. This is a basic consumer right being ignored.

[Birender Dhanoa @bsdhanoa]

This is activity for fooling the masses once again because the source(s) of the leak, which cannot be stemmed through such measures, hasn’t actually been addressed by the NTA.

[Parul Chandra @ParulChandraP]

Cold-shouldered by the new #Nepal govt led by Balen Shah of RSP, India will now be banking heavily on the upcoming visit of party chair Rabi Lamichhane, invited by the BJP, to build robust ties & ensure its strategic interests are protected. My OpEd.
https://t.co/CW3W6gHAM3

[Parul Chandra @ParulChandraP]

@IamRajat_Pandit Government happily blundering along at the cost of lakhs of students!

[S lrfan Habib एस इरफान हबीब عرفان حبئب @irfhabib]

What's his achievement?

[Rajat Pandit @IamRajat_Pandit]

Overreaction…

[Ashish Goel @ashish_nujs]

An Indian journalist questioning a Norwegian journalist for asking questions. Because for Indian journalists on Adani's payroll, asking questions is against first principles

[Parul Chandra @ParulChandraP]

In this memoir, son of slain IPS officer Hemant Karkare reveals his mother asked Modi, then Gujarat CM, not to come to pay his last respects three times as he belonged to the BJP which had launched a “smear campaign” agnst his father.” Yet, “Modi showed up regardless”. My review.

[Parul Chandra @ParulChandraP]

In this memoir, son of slain IPS officer Hemant Karkare reveals his mother asked Modi, then Gujarat CM, not to come to pay his last respects three times as he belonged to the BJP which had launched a “smear campaign” agnst his father.” Yet, “Modi showed up regardless”. My review.

[Rajat Pandit @IamRajat_Pandit]

#BlastFromThePast

As #RuskinBond turns 92, here is a piece I wrote around 30 years ago when I bumped into “The Bond without guns, girls and gadgets”!

[Adm. Arun Prakash @arunp2810]

State-run media anchor allowed to brazenly spew hate!!

[Vinesh Phogat @Phogat_Vinesh]

I have been given written permission by the ITA to compete from 1 Jan, 2026, I was allowed to register for the 2026 Senior Open Ranking Tournament at Nandini Nagar, Gonda on the 28th of April, 2026. I came to Gonda today to participate but I have neither been allowed to complete my verification, nor been allowed to use the training hall here. I don't want any special privileges, I just want to compete on merit. 🙏

[MEA FactCheck @MEAFactCheck]

Fake News Alert!

There is no basis in fact for such a story. There is no evacuation being planned.

Please stay alert against such false and baseless claims.

[Parul Chandra @ParulChandraP]

The reset in ties #IndiaBangladesh are seeking may not be easy. BJP’s shrill & strident rhetoric on illegal migrants from Bangladesh could jeopardize ties if this campaign gathers further steam under the party’s rule in Assam and now West Bengal. My OpEd in @DeccanHerald.