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Pavan K Varma
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The writer, an author, former diplomat and is in politics.
    The current regime has a brute majority in the Lok Sabha and a managed one in the Rajya Sabha. (Twitter)Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | A 10-point 'toolkit' for an authoritarian democracy

    Each step in this journey that goes unchallenged prepares the ground for the next step, further reinforcing the trend

    31 Oct 2021 1:48 AM IST

    Veer Savarkar. (Photo: Twitter/@VPSecretariat)Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | Don't doubt Savarkar grit, question his prejudice

    Savarkar has rightly been the target of those in India who believe in our inherent plurality and inclusiveness of vision

    17 Oct 2021 12:48 AM IST

    This comes a day after two Congress leaders Sivadasan Nair and AP Anil Kumar were suspended as part of disciplinary action for criticising the party openly. (ANI Photo)Opinion
    Pavan Varma | Congress in decline, how long before it falls to pieces?

    The ongoing shenanigans in the Congress party are reminiscent of the two nawabs

    3 Oct 2021 12:52 AM IST

    UP CM Yogi Adityanath. (PTI)Opinion
    Pavan Varma | Abbajaan! The basest lingo taints our faith

    People like Adityanath also seem to be motivated by the focused goal of setting one religious community against another

    19 Sept 2021 2:17 AM IST

    Taliban fighters atop vehicles with Taliban flags parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 following the Talibans military takeover of the country. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | Shun J&K peace bait, don’t talk to Taliban

    Ultimately, the Taliban, by its very nature, will actively encourage jihadi groups to use Islamic terrorism beyond its...

    5 Sept 2021 2:19 AM IST

    A Taliban fighter walks past a beauty saloon with images of women defaced using a spray paint in Shar-e-Naw in Kabul on August 18, 2021. (AFP)Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | Leave Afghanistan alone; step up Kashmir defence

    This does not mean that the Taliban, which has swept to power in the war-torn country, must be left alone to run havoc

    22 Aug 2021 3:27 AM IST

    The state of our economy today is a good example of this deliberate fabrication. Representational Image. (PTI)Opinion
    Pavan K Varma | Look, honey, how they shrank your savings!

    In a situation where incomes have either steeply declined, or are static, price rise has hit like a whip lash

    8 Aug 2021 2:19 AM IST

    News.Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | Pegashush! It’s ‘another’ international...

    This is precisely what we are seeing in the response of the BJP and the government to the Pegasus saga

    25 July 2021 12:53 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Pavan K Varma | The method and madness of Modi’s Cabinet shuffle

    The way portfolios have been combined leaves one, frankly, flummoxed

    11 July 2021 12:00 AM IST

    News.Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | With trust as weapon, forge a Naya Kashmir

    Since August 5, 2019, when Article 370 was revoked, the people of Kashmir have literally been incarcerated in their own...

    27 Jun 2021 12:03 AM IST

    West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar (PTI file photo)Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | Curb your enthusiasm, someone tell Dhankhar

    Dhankharji's actions, to my mind, constitute a fit case for Prez Kovind to take suo motu initiative to counsel his...

    13 Jun 2021 7:01 AM IST

    A beneficiary receives COVID-19 vaccine dose, at a vaccination centre in Bengaluru, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (PTI /Shailendra Bhojak)Opinion
    Pavan K. Varma | On vax policy, govt doth indeed protest too much

    Dr Paul lists out seven 'myths' regarding the critique of the govt's vaccination policy, and bravely sets out to give...

    30 May 2021 7:28 AM IST

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