Opinion: This Is The Seed Of All Corruption In India

Pavan K. Varma | Tuesday October 11, 2022

We need such a system in India, where all political contributions are in the public realm on a website, to preserve our democratic credentials, and root out the pernicious nexus between money bags and politics.

Opinion: The RSS Is No Longer What It Used To Be

Pavan K. Varma | Monday September 26, 2022

The RSS has allowed itself to be taken over by lumpen elements which, through their action and speech, are becoming clones of the same condemnable Islamic fundamentalism they want to fight.

Opinion: After Kartavya Path, Will Raj Bhavans Be Renamed Seva Bhavans?

Pavan K. Varma | Tuesday September 13, 2022

In the context of the recent changes in the Lutyens Bungalow Zone (LBZ) of the capital of India, New Delhi, I think it is important to rise above the reflex politics between those who do not approve of such changes, and those who do.

Opinion: Attack On Salman Rushdie Revives 'Freedom Of Expression' Debate

Pavan K. Varma | Monday August 29, 2022

All right-thinking people, including Muslims, need to take a public stand against this kind of mindless violence.

Opinion: Nitish Kumar, A Much-Needed Template For The Opposition

Pavan K. Varma | Monday August 15, 2022

Once again, with the recent developments of Bihar, the question has come up: Can the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) be challenged substantially in the 2024 parliamentary elections, or is it invincible?

Opinion: BJP's Zero Tolerance For Corruption - Among Opponents (Only)

Pavan K. Varma | Monday August 01, 2022

Skeletons can be found of crime and corruption in every political cupboard. Some cupboards can be opened, others not.

Opinion: BJP's Targeting Of Ex Vice President Hamid Ansari

Pavan K. Varma | Sunday July 17, 2022

Democratic politics can be competitive, even acrimonious at times. But in a mature democracy, and that too one where there is the great civilizational legacy of civilized discourse-sabhya sanvad.

Opinion: Wake-Up Call For Both Muslim Leaders And BJP Government

Pavan K. Varma | Sunday July 03, 2022

The barbaric killing of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur by two Muslim extremists has shocked the nation. There can be no ifs and buts about this gruesome killing, no rationalization, no defense, no justification.

Opinion: Opposition's Weaknesses On Full Display With President Election

Pavan K. Varma | Friday June 17, 2022

On July 18, India will hold its sixteenth Presidential elections, and on July 21, whoever is elected will drive into Rashtrapati Bhavan, the largest residence of any Head of state in the world.

Opinion: Modi Sarkar Euphoric On Its Own Propaganda

Pavan K. Varma | Monday June 06, 2022

Balance sheets, if they must be made, can be uncomfortable. The worry is that the government after eight years in power is caught in the cocoon of its own propaganda machine, and in no mood to replace euphoria with introspection.