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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K Varma | The method and madness of Modiâ€™s Cabinet shuffle

The way portfolios have been combined leaves one, frankly, flummoxed

11 July 2021 12:00 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | With trust as weapon, forge a Naya Kashmir

Since August 5, 2019, when Article 370 was revoked, the people of Kashmir have literally been incarcerated in their own...

27 Jun 2021 12:03 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 7:01 AM IST

A beneficiary receives COVID-19 vaccine dose, at a vaccination centre in Bengaluru, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (PTI /Shailendra Bhojak)

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 7:28 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 7:15 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

17 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 4:53 AM IST

It has been reported that stickers are put on the doors or entrances of those who have paid, thereby marking out those who have not. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan K Varma | Not much righteous about Ram temple funds drive

Fear and unlawful pressure cannot be a basis for religious or spiritual pursuits

21 Feb 2021 4:03 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Maligning the messenger pays diminishing returns

Pavan K. Varma | Maligning the messenger pays diminishing returns

Our government appears to be making the cardinal mistake of using the paranoia of the 'foreign hand' in today's world

7 Feb 2021 7:08 AM IST