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The writer, an author, former diplomat and is in politics.
    Pavan K. Varma | Bihar’s turn to vote next: Jan Suraajj has a fair shotColumnists
    Pavan K. Varma | Bihar’s turn to vote next: Jan Suraajj has a fair...

    Just this week, PM Narendra Modi launched the BJP’s campaign. The Bihar Cabinet has also been reshuffled

    1 March 2025 10:46 PM IST

    CHANAKYA’S VIEW | When will govt deliver on second wave of reforms? | Pavan K. VarmaColumnists
    CHANAKYA’S VIEW | When will govt deliver on second wave of reforms? |...

    The Opposition protests sporadically, but it is all they can do. The whole exercise is a ritual, performed predictably,...

    2 Feb 2025 1:01 AM IST

    Pavan K. Varma | Manmohan peaked by 2009, elegantly faded into historyColumnists
    Pavan K. Varma | Manmohan peaked by 2009, elegantly faded into history

    In May 2009, just before I was leaving to take over as Ambassador of India to Bhutan, T.K.A. Nair, the powerful...

    5 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

    Pavan K. Varma | Why India world’s ‘happiest country’ but must get rid of that statusColumnists
    Pavan K. Varma | Why India world’s ‘happiest country’ but must get rid...

    The legendary fourth king of Bhutan, His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, ruled for 34 years, until he voluntarily...

    22 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Pavan K. Varma | Don’t airbrush history, but respect context & fact tooColumnists
    Pavan K. Varma | Don’t airbrush history, but respect context & fact...

    Recently, I spoke at the launch in Delhi of Vikram Sampath’s new magnum opus, Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore’s...

    8 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Pavan K. Varma | Casinos, beef, prohibition: Get off the moral pedestalColumnists
    Pavan K. Varma | Casinos, beef, prohibition: Get off the moral...

    Elections will come and go, and our great democracy will run on, but at the social level — and not unrelated to politics...

    24 Nov 2024 1:26 AM IST

    Pavan K. Varma | Governors need to keep soul of Constitution aliveColumnists
    Pavan K. Varma | Governors need to keep soul of Constitution alive

    A poet has written: “Hum unki yaad mein aksar unhi ko bhool gaye: In remembering her, I often forgot about...

    29 Sept 2024 12:40 AM IST

    Pavan K. Varma | Kandahar surrender: Why slam series? Learn lessons!Columnists
    Pavan K. Varma | Kandahar surrender: Why slam series? Learn lessons!

    I am surprised at the controversy over the Netflix series on the IC-814 hijacking. The series is not without its...

    15 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Pavan K. Varma | BJP vs AAP tug-of-war killed students in DelhiColumnists
    Pavan K. Varma | BJP vs AAP tug-of-war killed students in Delhi

    The death of three young IAS aspirants on July 27 due to drowning in the flooded basement of a coaching institute in...

    4 Aug 2024 1:02 AM IST

    Book Review | Timeless hymn, glibly renderedBooks and Art
    Book Review | Timeless hymn, glibly rendered

    Vikram Seth seems to have finally surfaced from his prolonged creative hibernation to write a translation of...

    20 July 2024 3:58 PM IST

    Pavan Varma | Our politics must change to tackle citizens’ basic issuesColumnists
    Pavan Varma | Our politics must change to tackle citizens’ basic...

    I am a firm believer in democracy, but has the manner of its functioning in our country become antithetical to good...

    23 Jun 2024 3:30 AM IST

    Pavan K. Varma | Tectonic shift: Can Modi turn into new Vajpayee?Columnists
    Pavan K. Varma | Tectonic shift: Can Modi turn into new Vajpayee?

    Today, the Narendra Modi 3.0 government will take oath. But this time, it will be a coalition government. While the...

    9 Jun 2024 12:10 AM IST

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