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Pavan K Varma
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The writer, an author, former diplomat and is in politics.
    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

    Deccan default cover imageOpinion
    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

    Deccan default cover imageOpinion
    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

    BJP state general secretary Dr S. Prakash Reddy said his party was not worried about the crowd numbers for Sundays meeting. (DC Image)Opinion
    Pavan K Varma | Do not weaponise the Uniform Civil Code

    It is a pity that the BJP has essentially made Uniform Civil Code a weapon to target specific religious communities

    21 Aug 2022 7:19 AM IST

    Ranveer Singh.Opinion
    Pavan K Varma | The naked indecency of outrage over Ranveer

    Actor Ranveer Singh’s recent bold photo shoot for Paper magazine has led to FIRs being registered against him. One...

    7 Aug 2022 12:20 AM IST

    However, a massive response from people to join the outfit made the VHP revise the target for new members to 50 lakh.Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | It’s the Hindutva police versus Sanatan Dharma

    A very unfortunate aspect of ultra-Hindu zealots is that most of them know very little about the intellectual grandeur...

    23 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

    Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde plays chess at a hotel where he is staying with supporting MLAs, in Guwahati. (PTI)Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | All equal before lucre lure is theory of resort...

    I sometimes think the time has come to amend the Constitution and add a clause that recognises and legitimises resort...

    10 July 2022 12:55 AM IST

    With India betting on young workers to drive growth in one of the worlds fastest-expanding economies, the latest numbers are an ominous harbinger. (Bloomberg)Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | What’s on the mind of the Great Indian Middle...

    The middle class knows instinctively when things are beginning to unravel

    25 Jun 2022 11:17 PM IST

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