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The writer, an author, former diplomat and is in politics.

French soldiers and Municipal Police officers stand behind a cordon-off area near the Orthodox Church where an attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun wounded an Orthodox priest in a shooting before fleeing, on October 31, 2020 in Lyon, said a police source. - The priest, who has Greek nationality, was closing his church when the attack happened and is now in a serious condition, said the source, who asked not to be named. (AFP)

Pavan K Varma | India must set example of pluralism, tolerance

India's civilisational history presents the best example of a plural society.

1 Nov 2020 4:27 PM IST

BJP supporters celebrate as early trends show the partys win in the last Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly polls, at the party office in Lucknow. (PTI)

Pavan K Varma | Muslims in BJP have an express duty: Stem hate

Do the luminaries in the BJP from the Muslim community speak out against the malicious denigration of their faith

18 Oct 2020 9:38 AM IST

A television journalist reports from the spot where the 19-year-old woman, who was allegedly gang-raped by four men, was cremated on the outskirts of Bool Garhi village in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh. AP Photo

Pavan K Varma | Napping media awakes, puts Yogi Adityanath on the spot

Thanks to the media, most of them brave young women, the entire nation was sickened by the pitiless and high-handed...

4 Oct 2020 6:28 PM IST

File photo of prime minister Narendra Modi addressing BJP MPs.

Pavan K Varma | A Parliament without questions is no democracy

The decision to do away with Question Hour indicates that the government has no answers

6 Sept 2020 6:05 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists and supporters wave flags as they celebrate before the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhaya. AFP Photo

Pavan K. Varma | Will Ram Rajya' lead to a more tolerant India?

ecularism in our country is not about the absolute separation of the State and faith

10 Aug 2020 4:31 PM IST

An artist makes a clay idol of Goddess Durga for puja festivities, at Krishna Nagar in Nadia District. PTI Photo

Pavan K. Varma | Support the arts during pandemic, keep India's...

Governments, which are responsible for the support and nurturing of artistes, have always treated culture as a priority...

27 July 2020 12:30 AM IST

Both parties, prisoners of the predictable, continue to viciously kick each other in the shin even as the Chinese kick us on the border. PTI Photo

Pavan K. Varma | Why can't Indians unite in face of China threat?

The government must come clean on what the position on the Line of Actual Control is

29 Jun 2020 4:57 PM IST

Union home minister Amit Shah (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Amid corona crisis, it's politics as usual for BJP

Union home minister and former party president Amit Shah held a virtual rally in Bihar

15 Jun 2020 6:46 PM IST

Representational image (AFP)

Pavan K.Varma | Prophets of doom'? We all ignored India's poor

Court has finally intervened on behalf of the well-being of migrant workers

31 May 2020 9:07 PM IST

Migrants climb onto a truck to reach to their native place in Bihar, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Vijayawada. PTI Photo

Pavan Varma: Will Covid-19 make us a more caring society?

If the government did not anticipate such a consequence, then it must be accused of unpardonable incompetence

19 May 2020 5:28 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

Pavan K Varma: Red, green & orange: A colour-coded muddle?

It is clear that in spite of the best efforts of the government, social distancing in this operation will be compromised

5 May 2020 7:42 PM IST

Migrant workers walk down a deserted urban highway to their homes in rural India. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Pavan K Varma: Who're you? A passport Indian or a ration card Indian?...

In this crisis, those who have the wrong card are unlikely to forget or forgive this experience

20 April 2020 7:31 PM IST