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The writer, an author, former diplomat and is in politics.
    Mughal Gardens is being renamed to Amrit Udyan. (PTI File Photo)Opinion
    Pavan K Varma | Amrit Udyan: A tokenism unmindful of our legacy

    Name changes of places, towns and roads are not uncommon since 1947. An independent country has the right to...

    5 Feb 2023 12:11 AM IST

    Bihar education minister, Chandra Shekhar. (Photo: Twitter/@ProfShekharRJD)Opinion
    Pavan Varma | Ramcharitmanas: Mantri’s remark reeks of ignorance

    Bihar education minister, Chandra Shekhar, who belongs to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), said recently that...

    22 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

    File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo:PTI)Opinion
    Pavan K Varma | Successors & rising stars: Cabinet rejig to reveal all

    When I was posted in our embassy in Moscow in the era of the Soviet Union, one of the key preoccupations of diplomats...

    8 Jan 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Madhya Pradesh state home minister Narottam Mishra. (ANI)Opinion
    Pavan K Varma | Hindus tolerant, inclusive: Why rush to take offence?

    I have not had the honour and privilege of meeting with Shri Narottam Mishra, the Hon’ble Home Minister (HM) of...

    25 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

    The judge was speaking at a seminar, Arbitration in infrastructure and construction sector. organised by the International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ICDAR) regional centre in Hyderabad and the Con-federation of Industries (CII) Telangana.Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | In collegium debate, speed, transparency key concerns

    Is a fresh attempt being made to curb judicial autonomy, or does the judicial process actually need reform?...

    11 Dec 2022 12:56 AM IST

    As leading lawyer Kapil Sibal said: When a bulldozer razes my home to the ground, it seeks to demolish not only the structure I built, but my courage to speak up. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | ‘Bulldozer justice’ unjust under all...

    Popular film director Rohit Shetty of Singham fame would hardly have expected that his name would crop up in the court...

    27 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

    In this file photo taken on July 25, 2018, Pakistans cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad. (AAMIR QURESHI / AFP)Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | Why did Imran survive the assassin’s bullets?

    Normally, assassins of top politicians in Pakistan rarely miss their target. The country’s first Prime Minister,...

    13 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

    Veer Savarkar. (Photo: Twitter/@VPSecretariat)Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | Do not erase legacy of Savarkar, the reformer

    As the spiral of competitive Hindu politics escalates, the basics of Sanatan Dharma, Hindu philosophy, myth, tenet,...

    30 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

    Swedish scientist Svante Paabo has spearheaded the development of new techniques that allowed researchers to compare the genome of modern humans and that of other hominins. (Photo: Nobel Prize)Opinion
    Pavan K Varma | Are the criteria to award Nobel wholly objective?

    Mother Teresa got the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Only next year did we give her the Bharat Ratna

    16 Oct 2022 7:43 AM IST

    The question arises: does Facebook and YouTubes own content moderation norms not kick in? And if it requires government or court to order hate speech removed, does it mean that the ruling partys hate speech stays on these platforms if nobody objects? (Photo | Flickr - John S. Quarterman)Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | In war on hate speech, err on side of freedom

    On Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, it is customary to pay tribute to him at especially organised...

    2 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

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    Pavan K. Varma | Risk, amorality and a rusting steel frame

    These days one often sees groups of retired bureaucrats writing letters in protest of policies which they believe are...

    18 Sept 2022 12:07 AM IST

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    Pavan K. Varma | Whither Dharma in an ethical wasteland?

    Atal Behari Vajpayee had once wondered if Indians suffer from an “ethical deficit”. In other words, are they...

    4 Sept 2022 12:10 AM IST

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