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Pavan K Varma
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The writer, an author, former diplomat and is in politics.
    In Ayodhya, time to give peace a chanceOpinion
    In Ayodhya, time to give peace a chance

    In parallel, an important statement was reportedly issued by the Lucknow-based Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board.

    20 Oct 2019 2:08 AM IST

    Be alive to tyranny dressed as democracyOpinion
    Be alive to tyranny dressed as democracy

    Several bills, in recent times, have been a victim of this “democratic preponderance”.

    6 Oct 2019 5:49 AM IST

    Traffic fines need to be effective, not excessiveOpinion
    Traffic fines need to be effective, not excessive

    It is true that the new penalties are a quantum jump over the rates prevailing earlier.

    22 Sept 2019 2:28 AM IST

    Taming Pawan Jaiswal: Journalism’s dark hourOpinion
    Taming Pawan Jaiswal: Journalism’s dark hour

    A free media is supposed to be fourth pillar of a democracy. But there are some people in govt who would like this to be...

    8 Sept 2019 7:50 AM IST

    Discrediting dissent is a disservice to IndiaOpinion
    Discrediting dissent is a disservice to India

    The people of J&K are angry, sullen, hurt and alienated.

    25 Aug 2019 1:24 AM IST

    In J&K Valley, proceed with humility, humanityOpinion
    In J&K Valley, proceed with humility, humanity

    Article 370 has been read down. To do away with it — in the manner that the government did — is the easier part of...

    11 Aug 2019 3:39 AM IST

    In its response to a Right to Information Act application, the Ordnance Factory Board cited sections 8(1)(a) which exempts from disclosure information related to security and strategic matters and section 8(1)(d) which exempts information related to commercial confidence.Opinion
    Amendment may impair the right to information

    There is no doubt that the law has transformed the landscape of information flow from the government to citizens.

    28 July 2019 12:21 AM IST

    Young India: Upwardly mobile, superficialOpinion
    Young India: Upwardly mobile, superficial

    Young India is certainly aspirational. Young people have their foot firmly on the escalator of upward mobility.

    14 July 2019 1:37 AM IST

    Send talaq bill to panel for sustainable reformOpinion
    Send talaq bill to panel for sustainable reform

    The intent is thus clearly to make triple talaq a criminal offence with imprisonment up to three years in addition to a...

    30 Jun 2019 1:07 AM IST

    Chanakya’s View: Rethink line, explore Track 2 diplomacyOpinion
    Chanakya’s View: Rethink line, explore Track 2 diplomacy

    Diplomacy sanctions resoluteness, not a lack of essential social graces.

    16 Jun 2019 7:38 AM IST

    Chanakya’s View: 2019 signals decline of caste, dynastic politicsOpinion
    Chanakya’s View: 2019 signals decline of caste, dynastic politics

    A second takeaway is that old equations of caste arithmetic have been overwhelmed by the political chemistry of the...

    2 Jun 2019 7:39 AM IST

    Wrong to paper over Pragya’s take on GodseOpinion
    Wrong to paper over Pragya’s take on Godse

    Pragya Singh Thakur’s outrageous statement valorising Godse is deeply disturbing for several reasons.

    19 May 2019 12:46 AM IST

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