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

The worst exceptions of the past, when Parliament was indeed a forum for civilised discourse, have become the best examples of parliamentary proceedings today. (AA File Image)

Pavan K. Varma | New architecture not likely to change character of...

Over the years, political discourse in the world's largest democracy, has reached a new low.

1 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Pavan K Varma | Why stoop to sterile jokes on successful G-20 summit?

Pavan K Varma | Why stoop to sterile jokes on successful G-20 summit?

The absence of Chinese President Xi Jinping turned out to be a blessing in disguise

17 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

A screenshot shows a representation of Chandrayaan-3s successful landing on the Moons surface, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Chandrayaan bickering the sign of a sterile democracy

Congress accused the BJP for hogging all the credit, ignoring the decades of collective effort that led to this...

3 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi replies on the Motion of No-Confidence in the Lok Sabha in the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Debate, not disruption, must be Opposition strategy

Disruption of House proceedings on a daily basis is a strategy of diminishing returns

20 Aug 2023 12:32 AM IST

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat. (Photo:PTI)

Pavan K Varma | The nationalist's economic argument against hate

A fundamental difference of opinion between RSS that has a long-term Hindutva agenda & BJP seeking immediate short-term...

6 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

Opposition parties meet, in Bengaluru. (PTI File Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Why 2024 promises to be an exciting election

The relentless targeting of Opposition leaders has created fear, panic, anger and a solidarity of victimhood among...

23 July 2023 12:25 AM IST

Flowers lay at the tomb of Nahel Merzouk in a cemetery in Nanterre, a Paris suburb. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)

Pavan Varma | Muslim lives matter, too, in Paris as well as Delhi

While Islamic violence cannot be condoned, the hypocrisy of the dominant white French is also condemnable.

9 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Jairam vitriol on Gita Press reeks of liberal...

Ramesh conveniently forgets that P.V. Narasimha Rao issued a postage stamp in 1992 to honour Poddar and the Gita Press

25 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

BSP president Mayawati. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan Varma | Mayawati: Forgotten leader with a winning poll formula

Mayawati had no political godfathers. Her father worked in the post-office in a village near Dadri in UP

11 Jun 2023 12:00 AM IST

All Opposition parties, in their own self-interest, must come together to oppose this ordinance when it comes up for ratification in Parliament. (Photo: PTI

Pavan Varma | Opp. must join hands, fight back over Delhi ordinance

It is becoming more than apparent that the BJP is acrimoniously unreconciled to losing electoral battles

27 May 2023 8:54 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a mega road show in the Mandya district of Karnataka on Sunday (ANI)

Pavan K. Varma | Karnataka's lesson for BJP: Divisiveness has limits

To base its electoral strategy singularly on issues such as quotas for Muslims, halal, hijab, azaan, Bajrangbali is an...

14 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge with BRS MP K. Keshava Rao, DMK MP TR Baalu, AAP MP Sanjay Singh, RJD MP Manoj Jha and fellow opposition MPs during a joint press conference following their Tiranga March, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan Varma | Opp. needs a pivot, but Congress a spent force

Nitish Kumar and Sharad Pawar are right when they say that no Opposition front is possible without the Congress

30 April 2023 12:15 AM IST