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

An aged-woman holds a copy of the Indian constitution during a protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, outside Gandhi ashram in Ahmedabad. (PTI file Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Opp. has done well to snub a hollow Constitution Day'

Jan 26 is the long-consecrated day to celebrate the promulgation of the Constitution. This new celebration on Nov 26 was...

28 Nov 2021 12:57 AM IST

Bajrang Dal members stage a protest against the recent killings of Hindus and vandalism of a Durga idol by miscreants in Bangladesh. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | In mobocracy called India, art & rule of law...

The first myth that needs to be buried then is that there is a difference between the BJP and the so-called fringe

14 Nov 2021 2:19 AM IST

The current regime has a brute majority in the Lok Sabha and a managed one in the Rajya Sabha. (Twitter)

Pavan K. Varma | A 10-point 'toolkit' for an authoritarian democracy

Each step in this journey that goes unchallenged prepares the ground for the next step, further reinforcing the trend

31 Oct 2021 1:48 AM IST

Veer Savarkar. (Photo: Twitter/@VPSecretariat)

Pavan K. Varma | Don't doubt Savarkar grit, question his prejudice

Savarkar has rightly been the target of those in India who believe in our inherent plurality and inclusiveness of vision

17 Oct 2021 1:40 AM IST

Congress flag (Image source: Freepik)

Pavan Varma | Congress in decline, how long before it falls to pieces?

The ongoing shenanigans in the Congress party are reminiscent of the two nawabs

3 Oct 2021 12:20 AM IST

UP CM Yogi Adityanath. (PTI)

Pavan Varma | Abbajaan! The basest lingo taints our faith

People like Adityanath also seem to be motivated by the focused goal of setting one religious community against another

19 Sept 2021 3:28 AM IST

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