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

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

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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

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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

This image posted on prime minister Narendra Modis Twitter account shows him lighting an oil lamp to mark the countrys fight against the Covid-19 pandemic on Sunday, April 5, 2020.(AP/Twitter)

Pavan K Varma: Why didn't the PM focus on steps to help the needy?

It is sobering to remember that many migrant workers were not at home to light a lamp

6 April 2020 3:22 PM IST

The Shaheen Bagh protest. (PTI)

Chanakya's View: Shaheen Bagh should see the big picture

Leaders of religious communities must come forward and take the right decision given the circumstances prevailing

22 March 2020 8:04 PM IST

An Aam Aadmi Party worker, dressed as party chief Arvind Kejriwal, celebrates along with others the partys success in the Delhi Assembly polls, at party headquarters in New Delhi, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Delhi polls a defeat for BJP's polarisation

It must also be borne in mind that the BJP did not fight this election as though it was a routine state election.

23 Feb 2020 12:13 AM IST

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar (Photo: PTI)

Nitish almost ditched BJP, backed Cong in 2018'

And now instead of being guided by ideology, it has become an instrument for him to gain his political purposes.

11 Feb 2020 1:53 AM IST

People hold placards during a protest against the CAA and NRC on New Years Eve at Shaheen Bagh, near Jamia Millia, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

In lack of alternative, BJP's hate festers

The election results will show whether such a strategy will bring dividends to the party.

9 Feb 2020 4:51 AM IST