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Pavan K Varma

Pavan K Varma

Articles by Pavan K Varma

Just Like That: The collapse beneath our feet

Water shortages coexist with flooding.

Updated on Jul 26, 2026 04:14 IST

Just Like That: The Republic of the Unconcerned

Why do Indians film accident victims instead of helping? An examination of empathy, the bystander effect and the failure of civic responsibility. (Representative photo)

Updated on Jul 19, 2026 04:01 IST

Donigers of the world are wrong about Hinduism

In evolving over millennia, instead of congealing into a brittle set of absolutes, Hinduism fully enabled both diversity of opinion and local variations.

Updated on Jul 12, 2026 01:18 IST

Just Like That: Chanakya, the mind that conceived an empire

Chanakya’s life reminds us that ideas, when allied with determination and political will, can alter the course of history.

Updated on Jul 5, 2026 09:32 IST

Just Like That | Route Laga Hai: The tyranny of VVIP movement

An examination of India’s enduring VIP culture.

Updated on Jun 28, 2026 01:30 IST

Just Like That: History of Hindu civilisation demonstrates synthesis

A visitor standing before the Brihadisvara Temple in Thanjavur, the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, the temples of Kanchipuram, Srirangam, Belur, Halebid or Hampi cannot fail to be overwhelmed by the scale of artistic achievement they represent. (Meenakshi Temple/Shutterstock)

Updated on Jun 21, 2026 10:51 IST

Just Like That: Don’t mistake transient authority for destiny

Leaders must understand that they are but birds of passage: Their tenures are not infinite, nor are they indispensable. (PTI)

Updated on Jun 14, 2026 07:47 IST

Just Like That: J. Krishnamurti and Osho

Pavan K Varma’s recent book Echoes of Eternity: A Journey Through Indian Thought from the Rigveda to the Present (Instagram/midlandbookshopsouthex)

Updated on Jun 7, 2026 06:04 IST

Just like that: The curious case of Delhi’s iconic Gymkhana Club

The entire Lutyens’ zone occupies thousands of acres of some of the most valuable land in India. (HT picture)

Updated on Jun 1, 2026 05:48 IST

Just Like That: The all powerful role of coteries

In India, one of the most famous examples was that of R. K. Dhawan, the long-serving private secretary to prime minister Indira Gandhi.

Updated on May 24, 2026 05:57 IST

Some very personal frames of Raghu Rai

The entire world then became the sanctum sanctorum of a sacred space, a pictorial temple, whose key was the lens of his camera. (PTI)

Updated on May 16, 2026 13:38 IST

Just Like That: Why deny Hindu civilization existed to counter pol Hindutva?

These days, there is a debate on the word ‘Hindu’.

Updated on May 10, 2026 07:11 IST

Just Like That: Are gyms creating health or causing harm?

Fitness studios advertise “body transformation” in 45 days. Young men measure protein intake with scientific precision. (Shutterstock)

Updated on May 3, 2026 06:34 IST

Just Like That: Restoring sanity, wisdom, humour with The Importance of Living

Discover how Lin Yu Tang’s The Importance of Living challenges modern obsessions with success, urging a life of simplicity, joy, and mindful balance.

Updated on Apr 26, 2026 03:01 IST

Just Like That: Why it is hard to trump a civilisational State

A nation-State, in its modern conception, is a political construct. A civilisational-State, by contrast, is something far deeper and more enduring. (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Apr 19, 2026 07:50 IST

Why it is hard to trump a civilisational State

A nation-State, in its modern conception, is a political construct. A civilisational-State, by contrast, is something far deeper and more enduring. (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated on Apr 18, 2026 14:36 IST

Just Like That: Colonial plunder is a historical wrong that demands correction

Among the most famous is the Kohinoor diamond, ‘the mountain of light’, a 105.6-carat flawless diamond, which once graced the Peacock Throne

Updated on Apr 12, 2026 02:47 IST

Review: Atal Bihari Vajpayee; The Eternal Statesman by Vijay Goel

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee delivering a speech at Parade ground in Bhopal in October 2003. (Prakash Singh/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Apr 10, 2026 17:20 IST

Just Like That: Celebrity fame at the cost of privacy?

The growing obsession with celebrity lives is eroding privacy

Updated on Apr 5, 2026 05:09 IST

Just Like That: How Tulsidas described Lord Ram’s birth in Ramcharitmanas

On Ram Navami, delve into Tulsidas’ timeless narration of Ram’s journey (Getty)

Updated on Mar 29, 2026 16:08 IST

Banquets are about cuisine — and culture

Banquets are not just about the food served, but also food for thought about people, cultures, choices and situations. (Rashtrapati Bhavan)

Updated on Mar 21, 2026 16:39 IST

Just Like That | Faith and Cricket: Kirti Azad’s comment uncalled for

India national cricket team visited a Hanuman temple after their triumphant victory in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final on March 8. (ANI Video Grab)

Updated on Mar 15, 2026 06:45 IST

Just Like That: Sabarimala temple debate on faith, equality and path to reform

The Supreme Court of India, in its landmark judgment of 2018, held that the exclusion of women of menstruating age from the shrine of Lord Ayyappa was unconstitutional

Updated on Mar 8, 2026 04:19 IST

Just Like That: India’s colonial hangover in choosing dog breeds

Why India must rethink its bias for foreign dog breeds and open its homes to resilient, native Indie dogs (Representative photo)

Updated on Mar 1, 2026 03:33 IST

Pakistan’s cricket mirrors suffocation of its civic life

The cricket field is not a parade ground, and batsmen are not infantry obeying orders. (AFP)

Updated on Feb 21, 2026 16:04 IST

Just Like That: Folk tales and earthy wisdom that grounds India’s philosophies

Representational image. (X)

Updated on Feb 15, 2026 14:25 IST

Just Like That: A civilisation proud of writers but careless with their legacy

His haveli in Ballimaran, Old Delhi, was for decades a monument of neglect—hemmed in by encroachments, stripped of dignity, its genius obscured by grime. (Getty)

Updated on Feb 8, 2026 13:45 IST

Just Like That: Beating Retreat and India’s long unfinished de-colonisation

But this year, when the Beating Retreat ended with the playing of Vande Mataram, I found it deeply moving too (PTI)

Updated on Feb 1, 2026 07:06 IST

Just Like That: A shrinking of art in our literature, films & music

Classical music requires space for elaboration, as each raga is meant to evoke a mood. But increasingly, audiences don’t have the patience to let that unfold. (HT Archive)

Updated on Jan 26, 2026 01:51 IST

Just Like That: India’s long journey of faith, conflict and coexistence

I have not the slightest doubt that there are few civilizations which, at a foundational level, have a more tolerant and eclectic worldview than ours. (Getty/ Representative photo)

Updated on Jan 18, 2026 09:44 IST

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