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Pavan K Varma
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The writer, an author, former diplomat and is in politics.
    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 PhotoOpinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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 PhotoOpinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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

    The amended Citizenship law along with a National Register of Citizens (NRC) being planned by the Narendra Modi government \may affect the status\ of Muslim minority in India, a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has said. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Stand up for the Constitution on Republic-Day

    The right to peaceful protest is guaranteed by the Constitution, which believes that dissent is an essential part of a...

    26 Jan 2020 2:14 AM IST

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