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Pavan K Varma
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The writer, an author, former diplomat and is in politics.
    Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, and the members of the Constituent Assembly, sought to draft our Constitution with the express purpose of creating the right balance between the three fundamental pillars of governanceOpinion
    Chanakya's View: The warning signs

    An apolitical bureaucracy and civil service, and a free and independent judiciary, were the key features of the...

    6 Nov 2016 6:34 AM IST

    Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said her ministry will give 50 percent subsidy to those willing to add food processing service to the cold chain, while 35 percent subsidy those who will only set up cold chain for storage and use cold chain vehicles to transport materials to food processing units. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    BJP: The Mandir card won't fetch votes

    The BJP did profit from the Ram Mandir agitation in the early 1990s but not for too long.

    23 Oct 2016 1:57 AM IST

    Top defence experts on Thursday termed the surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the LoC in PoK as an operational necessity. (Photo: PTI/Representational)Opinion
    Chanakya's View: Surgical strikes - End the cacophony

    The politics on the surgical strikes must stop.

    9 Oct 2016 12:39 AM IST

    Army personnel take positions and move towards the site where militants were hiding during an encounter at Lachipora in Uri Sector of Kashmir on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Chanakya's View: Pak policy - Opposition has the right to ask

    A second major response must be to isolate Pakistan on the international stage as a terrorist state.

    25 Sept 2016 12:59 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti in a meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Chanakya's View: BJP, PDP - Partners with cross purposes

    Cross-border infiltration is growing, and will increase during winter.

    11 Sept 2016 12:28 AM IST

    Perumal MuruganOpinion
    Chanakya's View: Murugan, the writer, is alive again

    Hindutva fringe groups may think that they are omnipotent today.

    28 Aug 2016 1:10 AM IST

    Members of Jammu and Kashmir Youth Ulema shout slogans to protest killings and demands for an end to the use of pellet guns in Srinagar on Thursday. (Photo: PTI )Opinion
    Chanakya's View: J&K - Focus delayed is opportunity denied

    The crisis in J&K has complex origins and no simple solutions.

    14 Aug 2016 3:49 AM IST

    (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

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