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Pavan K Varma
About the AuthorPavan K Varma
The writer, an author, former diplomat and is in politics.
    Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi briefs the media after the hearing on Presidents Rule in Uttarakhand by the Supreme Court, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The hubris of power

    The BJP has definitively lost the perception battle.

    24 April 2016 2:41 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with his Pakistani Counterpart Nawaz Sharif (Photo: PTIOpinion
    What is India's Pakistan policy?

    Our strategy towards Pakistan has lurched between a series of jhappies' and kattis'.

    10 April 2016 1:14 AM IST

    Election CommissionOpinion
    Chanakya's View: Democracy

    When parties take money from unidentified' donors, they work for tax evaders.

    27 March 2016 12:34 AM IST

    Narendra Modi, while addressing Sri Sri Ravi Shankars World Culture Festival on the banks of the Yamuna on Friday evening, described the mega-event as the Kumbh Mela of art.Opinion
    Chanakya's View: Levitating above the law of the land

    The truth is that both Mr Modi and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar are prey to the malaise of “giganticismâ€.

    13 March 2016 12:53 AM IST

    Rohith Vemula hanged himself in a hostel room in Hyderabad. (Photo: Facebook)Opinion
    Chanakya's View: Achchhe din?

    Hyper-nationalism is the new BJP card.

    28 Feb 2016 12:46 AM IST

    Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Chanakya's View: Reserved for upper-caste bias

    The argument that merit will be compromised by affirmative action is an elitist fallacy.

    14 Feb 2016 12:54 AM IST

    Supreme CourtOpinion
    Chanakya's View: Politics subverts an exception into rule

    The Congress must introspect on this state of affairs.

    31 Jan 2016 1:10 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi is received by PM Nawaz Sharif on his arrival in Lahore on Friday (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Drama and real life

    Pakistan cannot be wished away.

    17 Jan 2016 2:26 AM IST

    Mr Modi, why are you so silent?Opinion
    Mr Modi, why are you so silent?

    First days of NDA regime have thrown up remarkably large number of administrative missteps

    6 July 2014 11:59 AM IST

    Chanakya’s View: Kautilya’s four toolsOpinion
    Chanakya’s View: Kautilya’s four tools

    Modi must rescue foreign policy from the outdated prism of routine ceremonial

    8 Jun 2014 12:48 PM IST

    Chanakya’s View: The divide that gave BJP power to ruleOpinion
    Chanakya’s View: The divide that gave BJP power to rule

    Without doubt, an important factor was the lack of unity in the forces opposed to the BJP

    25 May 2014 10:24 AM IST

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