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

BJP supporters celebrate as early trends show the partys win in the last Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly polls, at the party office in Lucknow. (PTI)

Pavan K Varma | Muslims in BJP have an express duty: Stem hate

Do the luminaries in the BJP from the Muslim community speak out against the malicious denigration of their faith

18 Oct 2020 9:38 AM IST

A television journalist reports from the spot where the 19-year-old woman, who was allegedly gang-raped by four men, was cremated on the outskirts of Bool Garhi village in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh. AP Photo

Pavan K Varma | Napping media awakes, puts Yogi Adityanath on the spot

Thanks to the media, most of them brave young women, the entire nation was sickened by the pitiless and high-handed...

4 Oct 2020 6:28 PM IST

File photo of prime minister Narendra Modi addressing BJP MPs.

Pavan K Varma | A Parliament without questions is no democracy

The decision to do away with Question Hour indicates that the government has no answers

6 Sept 2020 6:05 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists and supporters wave flags as they celebrate before the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhaya. AFP Photo

Pavan K. Varma | Will Ram Rajya' lead to a more tolerant India?

ecularism in our country is not about the absolute separation of the State and faith

10 Aug 2020 4:31 PM IST

An artist makes a clay idol of Goddess Durga for puja festivities, at Krishna Nagar in Nadia District. PTI Photo

Pavan K. Varma | Support the arts during pandemic, keep India's...

Governments, which are responsible for the support and nurturing of artistes, have always treated culture as a priority...

27 July 2020 12:30 AM IST

Both parties, prisoners of the predictable, continue to viciously kick each other in the shin even as the Chinese kick us on the border. PTI Photo

Pavan K. Varma | Why can't Indians unite in face of China threat?

The government must come clean on what the position on the Line of Actual Control is

29 Jun 2020 4:57 PM IST

Union home minister Amit Shah (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Amid corona crisis, it's politics as usual for BJP

Union home minister and former party president Amit Shah held a virtual rally in Bihar

15 Jun 2020 6:46 PM IST

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Pavan K.Varma | Prophets of doom'? We all ignored India's poor

Court has finally intervened on behalf of the well-being of migrant workers

31 May 2020 9:07 PM IST

Migrants climb onto a truck to reach to their native place in Bihar, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Vijayawada. PTI Photo

Pavan Varma: Will Covid-19 make us a more caring society?

If the government did not anticipate such a consequence, then it must be accused of unpardonable incompetence

19 May 2020 5:28 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

Pavan K Varma: Red, green & orange: A colour-coded muddle?

It is clear that in spite of the best efforts of the government, social distancing in this operation will be compromised

5 May 2020 7:42 PM IST

Migrant workers walk down a deserted urban highway to their homes in rural India. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Pavan K Varma: Who're you? A passport Indian or a ration card Indian?...

In this crisis, those who have the wrong card are unlikely to forget or forgive this experience

20 April 2020 7:31 PM IST

This image posted on prime minister Narendra Modis Twitter account shows him lighting an oil lamp to mark the countrys fight against the Covid-19 pandemic on Sunday, April 5, 2020.(AP/Twitter)

Pavan K Varma: Why didn't the PM focus on steps to help the needy?

It is sobering to remember that many migrant workers were not at home to light a lamp

6 April 2020 3:22 PM IST