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

Taliban fighters atop vehicles with Taliban flags parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 following the Talibans military takeover of the country. (Photo: AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | Shun J&K peace bait, don't talk to Taliban

Ultimately, the Taliban, by its very nature, will actively encourage jihadi groups to use Islamic terrorism beyond its...

5 Sept 2021 2:18 AM IST

A Taliban fighter walks past a beauty saloon with images of women defaced using a spray paint in Shar-e-Naw in Kabul on August 18, 2021. (AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | Leave Afghanistan alone; step up Kashmir defence

This does not mean that the Taliban, which has swept to power in the war-torn country, must be left alone to run havoc

22 Aug 2021 3:26 AM IST

Tax authorities raids Chinese entities for money laundering. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K Varma | Look, honey, how they shrank your savings!

In a situation where incomes have either steeply declined, or are static, price rise has hit like a whip lash

8 Aug 2021 2:23 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Pegashush! It's another' international conspiracy

This is precisely what we are seeing in the response of the BJP and the government to the Pegasus saga

25 July 2021 1:07 AM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar (PTI file photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Curb your enthusiasm, someone tell Dhankhar

Dhankharji's actions, to my mind, constitute a fit case for Prez Kovind to take suo motu initiative to counsel his...

13 Jun 2021 7:04 AM IST

A medical worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Bengaluru, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | On vax policy, govt doth indeed protest too much

Dr Paul lists out seven 'myths' regarding the critique of the govt's vaccination policy, and bravely sets out to give...

30 May 2021 7:31 AM IST

Devotees gather to offer prayers during the third Shahi Snan of the Kumbh Mela 2021, at Har ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan Varma | How govt's own credo of accountability got violated

The permission given to hold the Kumbh Mela is a classic example of doing what pleases oneself but is not for the good...

16 May 2021 7:19 AM IST

Like the proverbial pigeon that closes its eyes and believes that the cat has gone, Adityanath thinks that if he closes his eyes all the miseries that people in his state are facing will disappear. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan K Varma | Reprieve, for now, from Yogi's victim-blaming

Yogi Adityanath, the saffron dhari CM of UP, believes that everything in his state is hunky-dory

2 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

The Modi government likes the label of a decisive government, but its actions are quite to the contrary. (Photo: AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | Second wave gives the lie to Modi's decisive' image

The second Covid wave has vividly shown the glaring gulf between image and delivery of the Modi Sarkar

18 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

If the BJP, now in power at the Centre, could run the vaccination programme as efficiently as it seeks to run elections, we could perhaps see light at the end of this dark tunnel. (Photo: AFP)

Pavan K Varma | If only BJP were as good at vaccination as it's at...

The government I am sure is doing its best, but its best falls short, I am sorry to say, of the optimum

4 April 2021 4:52 AM IST

We have new custodians of morality who are easily outraged by anything that does not fit into their conservative, upper-caste, patriarchal and outdated notions of correct behaviour. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan Varma | Let it rip! Stop us turning into the Republic of Hurt

A highly unwarranted subjectivity driven by medieval cultural notions and political hubris is threatening creative...

21 March 2021 4:00 AM IST

To call the worlds largest democracy only partly free is incontrovertible evidence of an attempt to subvert our sovereignty and integrity, an international conspiracy directed against the Indian state. (Photo: AFP)

Pavan Varma | Freedom, conspiracy and other anti-national sins

Frankly, in my view, Freedom House, the Washington based global democracy watchdog, should be booked by our...

7 March 2021 4:10 AM IST