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Pavan K Varma
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The writer, an author, former diplomat and is in politics.
    (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Chanakya's View: The Lokpal Act is stifling paropkar

    The BJP looks upon NGOs with suspicion.

    31 July 2016 12:56 AM IST

    Supreme Court of IndiaOpinion
    Chanakya's View: Arunachal - Why just blame the Governor?

    The learned judges set red lines on a Governor's interference in the proceedings of a state legislature.

    17 July 2016 12:38 AM IST

    Other countries opposing Indian membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) include New Zealand, Ireland, Turkey, South Africa and Austria. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Chanakya's View: Risky diplomacy

    At present, far from isolating China, we have isolated ourselves.

    3 July 2016 1:15 AM IST

    Union Minister Prakash JavdekarOpinion
    Chanakya's View: To cull or not to cull

    The Centre needs to devise a long-term policy that gives due place to our flora, fauna and agriculture.

    19 Jun 2016 12:57 AM IST

    Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    A wrong precedent

    In Uttarakhand, if the court wanted to ensure fair voting, it could ask for the proceedings to be telecast live.

    6 Jun 2016 3:03 AM IST

    BJP workers celebrate the partys victory in the Assam assembly elections at Hengrabari in Guwahati on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Chanakya's View: BJP be not proud

    The Congress has emerged as the main Opposition in West Bengal and Kerala.

    22 May 2016 1:35 AM IST

    Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Chanakya's View: Two years, too many betrayals

    The farming sector is in the grip of an unprecedented crisis.

    8 May 2016 12:46 AM IST

    Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi briefs the media after the hearing on Presidents Rule in Uttarakhand by the Supreme Court, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The hubris of power

    The BJP has definitively lost the perception battle.

    24 April 2016 2:41 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with his Pakistani Counterpart Nawaz Sharif (Photo: PTIOpinion
    What is India's Pakistan policy?

    Our strategy towards Pakistan has lurched between a series of jhappies' and kattis'.

    10 April 2016 1:14 AM IST

    Election CommissionOpinion
    Chanakya's View: Democracy

    When parties take money from unidentified' donors, they work for tax evaders.

    27 March 2016 12:34 AM IST

    Narendra Modi, while addressing Sri Sri Ravi Shankars World Culture Festival on the banks of the Yamuna on Friday evening, described the mega-event as the Kumbh Mela of art.Opinion
    Chanakya's View: Levitating above the law of the land

    The truth is that both Mr Modi and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar are prey to the malaise of “giganticismâ€.

    13 March 2016 12:53 AM IST

    Rohith Vemula hanged himself in a hostel room in Hyderabad. (Photo: Facebook)Opinion
    Chanakya's View: Achchhe din?

    Hyper-nationalism is the new BJP card.

    28 Feb 2016 12:46 AM IST

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