Articles by Pavan K Varma
A goodnight sleep
Does getting up at the crack of dawn really make you, as the old adage says, happy, healthy and wise, asks Pavan K Varma.
Updated on May 28, 2005 05:38 PM IST
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India still a secular state
One of the more pernicious images I encounter abroad is of an India about to combust in the flames of religious strife, says Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Oct 08, 2005 06:41 PM IST
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Across time zones
I feel unbearably sleepy by afternoon in the US, and in London I have been trying not to wake up at three in the morning, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on May 14, 2005 07:49 PM IST
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Spanish pleasure
Spanish appear to go through their chores with a kind of relaxed and easy demeanour that is distinctly Mediterranean, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on May 02, 2005 01:04 PM IST
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No sense of balance
The only colours we seem to know are black and white. Both our praise and our condemnation are in the extreme, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Apr 23, 2005 02:46 PM IST
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Romanticising Raj
The Far Pavilions is a readable romance that gives a coloured and sometimes even naive view of history, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Apr 16, 2005 08:16 PM IST
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Breaking the barriers
Let us pause to pay tribute to the courage of those who boarded the Indo-Pak bus on April 7, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Apr 09, 2005 08:14 PM IST
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Sex, desire and taboos
Hinduism must be the only major religion that puts the pursuit of desire among the four highest goals of life, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Apr 02, 2005 06:46 PM IST
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Popularity of Radio
A great deal of the credit for radio's high appeal must go to the BBC, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Mar 19, 2005 06:27 PM IST
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Romance with Theatre
When will we have our own vibrant theatre culture sustaining our own version of Broadway, questions Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Mar 12, 2005 08:01 PM IST
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Music for seasons
While Indian classical music has a raga for every season, when will the weather improve in London, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Mar 05, 2005 07:35 PM IST
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A Higher Destiny
Is there a higher destiny that controls our lives? I often think of this when I meet people, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Feb 26, 2005 07:20 PM IST
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The Lion in winter
May KS continue to dispense malice towards one and all for many more years, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Feb 19, 2005 08:39 PM IST
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Indipop's Icon
Raghav is ubiquitous on the visual Mecca of the young - MTV, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Feb 12, 2005 07:08 PM IST
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Delhi: A different world
Cacophony greets you on the motherland's terra firma, writes Pavan K Varma.
Published on Feb 05, 2005 07:08 PM IST
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Enigma of MF Hussain
The Indian painter's near iconic stature has not diminished his human traits, writes Pavan K Varma.
Published on Jan 08, 2005 08:55 PM IST
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My day at Cambridge
Cambridge is almost a village, and the layout of its colleges is breathtaking, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Dec 08, 2004 03:56 PM IST
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Will 21st century be India's?
India is now seen as a powerful economy to be reckoned with in the 21st century, writes Pavan K Varma.
Published on Nov 27, 2004 07:59 PM IST
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Remembering mom
Life moves on, carrying us in its embrace, towards mundane and new, the routine and the necessary, writes Pavan K Varma.
Published on Nov 20, 2004 09:18 PM IST
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No home and all alone
Every time I see my friend sitting alone in the under pass to Hyde Park, I think in India he would be less alone, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Jan 05, 2005 08:04 PM IST
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Cooking beyond curry
The time has come to reassert that there is more to Indian food than just the curry, writes Pavan K Varma.
Published on Nov 06, 2004 09:20 PM IST
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Seasonal nostalgia
While we brace ourselves for winters, those in Delhi celebrate end of summer, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Nov 01, 2004 08:20 PM IST
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Big success of Bollywood
Bollywood has become brand image recognised for quality entertainment worldover, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Oct 25, 2004 08:44 PM IST
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Have we lost our civility?
Bulging eyes, flailing arms, overblown gesticulations - that's our politicians for you, debating on the telly, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Jan 05, 2005 08:04 PM IST
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When moment is right
When all elements are in harmony, we must let go of daily inanities that keep us hostage, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Oct 04, 2004 08:14 PM IST
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Is astrology credible?
A new study says young Britons have started believing in horoscopes like never before, writes Pavan K Varma.
Published on Sep 25, 2004 09:45 PM IST
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A day with Anish Kapoor
Anish is perhaps the most famous and successful artist of Indian origin living abroad, writes Pavan K Varma in Hyde Park Corner.
Updated on Jan 05, 2005 08:04 PM IST
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The joy of giving
Many well to do Indians in UK contribute to causes in India which are in need of such support, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Sep 13, 2004 08:24 PM IST
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The holiday hype
Very often holidays are enjoyed best in the narration to friends and family after the event, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Sep 06, 2004 08:06 PM IST
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India's Olympian failure
Sadly, there is no real sense of national shame or pain at our poor performance in Olympics, writes Pavan K Varma.
Updated on Aug 30, 2004 07:38 PM IST
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