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

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

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...

22 Dec 2024 12:12 AM IST

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

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...

8 Dec 2024 12:11 AM IST

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

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...

24 Nov 2024 1:28 AM IST

Pavan Varma | ECs double standard on byelections irks parties

Pavan Varma | EC's double standard on byelections irks parties

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. (PTI File Image)Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. (PTI File...

10 Nov 2024 2:26 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Should Indian diplomacy be faith-based or hard-nosed?

Pavan K. Varma | Should Indian diplomacy be faith-based or hard-nosed?

Debunking myths in India's foreign policy, stressing national interest over idealism and global validation

27 Oct 2024 12:02 AM IST

Pavan Varma | Don’t play Big Brother, be nuanced with a long view

Pavan Varma | Don’t play Big Brother, be nuanced with a long view

The Narendra Modi government has declared that it will pursue a “Neighborhood First” policy. How has it...

14 Oct 2024 12:52 AM IST

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

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 12:42 AM IST

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

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...

15 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

Residents collect drinking water from a tanker amid ongoing Delhi water crisis at Vivekananda Camp, Chanakyapuri, in New Delhi, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

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

Amid recurring crises like water scarcity and pollution, political blame games overshadow solutions in India's...

23 Jun 2024 3:29 AM IST

Senior BJP leader Narendra Modi speaks during the NDA parliamentary party meeting at Samvidhan Sadan, in New Delhi, Friday, June 7, 2024. (PTI Photo)

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

Can Modi navigate the challenges of leading a coalition government?

9 Jun 2024 12:05 AM IST

A couple on their way home after the days work row a shikara, or traditional boat, in the interiors of the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir on Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)A couple

Pavan K. Varma | Kashmir on the mend, but threatened by hate rhetoric

Winds of change in Kashmir: Post-370 realities

12 May 2024 1:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election rally in support of Shiv Sena candidates from Kolhapur and Hatkanangale constituencies Sanjay Mandlik and Dhairyasheel Mane respectively for the Lok Sabha elections, in Kolhapur district. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Our inequality is inherited, curable only by solid...

Prime Minister rallies in Kolhapur and Goa, criticises INDIA bloc's divisive agenda and accuses Congress of aiming to...

27 April 2024 11:12 PM IST