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

UP CM Yogi Adityanath. (PTI)

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)

Pavan K. Varma | Shun J&K peace bait, donâ€™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)

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)

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

Pavan K. Varma | Pegashush! Itâ€™s â€˜anotherâ€™ 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)

Pavan K Varma | The method and madness of Modiâ€™s Cabinet shuffle

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

11 July 2021 12:00 AM IST

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Since August 5, 2019, when Article 370 was revoked, the people of Kashmir have literally been incarcerated in their own...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

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)

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

Devotees gather to offer prayers during the third Shahi Snan of the Kumbh Mela 2021, at Har ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan Varma | How govt's own credo of accountability got violated

The permission given to hold the Kumbh Mela is a classic example of doing what pleases oneself but is not for the good...

16 May 2021 7:15 AM IST

Like the proverbial pigeon that closes its eyes and believes that the cat has gone, Adityanath thinks that if he closes his eyes all the miseries that people in his state are facing will disappear. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan K Varma | Reprieve, for now, from Yogi's victim-blaming

Yogi Adityanath, the saffron dhari CM of UP, believes that everything in his state is hunky-dory

2 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

The Modi government likes the label of a decisive government, but its actions are quite to the contrary. (Photo: AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | Second wave gives the lie to Modi's decisive' image

The second Covid wave has vividly shown the glaring gulf between image and delivery of the Modi Sarkar

17 April 2021 12:00 AM IST