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

No Indian after Rabindranath Tagore in 1913 has got the Nobel for Literature. (Photo: Nobel Prize)

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 7:52 AM IST

Few can question that the amount of hatred that is spewed on prime-time TV under the garb of debate , is uncivilised, undemocratic and an incitement to violence. (Photo | Flickr - John S. Quarterman)

Pavan K. Varma | In war on hate speech, err on side of freedom

Hate speech, based on suspicion, violence and hostility between religious communities, is directly antithetical to...

2 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

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

Bureaucrats ave become yes men, willing to do whatever is required to win approbation, so that their careers are not...

18 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

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

Are Indians moral by choice, or do they do the correct thing only under compulsion or fear?

4 Sept 2022 12:10 AM IST

The BJPs door-to-door campaign drew sharp criticism from the rivals. (ANI representational)

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 (Twitter)

Pavan K Varma | The naked indecency of outrage over Ranveer

Since two Hindus have filed the complaints, it would be pertinent to ask: Is Hindu culture really so prudish?

7 Aug 2022 2:21 AM IST

Bajrang Dal members stage a protest against the recent killings of Hindus and vandalism of a Durga idol by miscreants in Bangladesh. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | It's the Hindutva police versus Sanatan Dharma

Hinduism has no one God, no one mandatory text, no compulsorily prescribed form of prayer, and no Pope

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)

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 12:45 AM IST

According to the Pew Research 2021, the core middle class has shrunk from 99 million in 2020 to 66 million in 2021. (Bloomberg)

Pavan K. Varma | What's on the mind of the Great Indian Middle Class?

The middle class knows instinctively when things are beginning to unravel

25 Jun 2022 11:17 PM IST

Geetanjali Shree. (Twitter)

Pavan K. Varma | A publishing wasteland: India needs translations

Somehow, foreign recognition is very important to us Indians

12 Jun 2022 2:24 AM IST

The Gyanvapi Mosque after its survey by a commission, in Varanasi, Tuesday, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Gyanvapi puts focus on truth and reconciliation

A wrong turn of events at the wrong time can change the future evolution of nations

29 May 2022 12:22 AM IST

The divisiveness and bigotry so unleashed acquires a momentum of its own. (Representational Image/ AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | India isn't Sri Lanka, but must draw lessons

India is facing major problems of unemployment and inflation

15 May 2022 12:42 AM IST