‘Globalised world needs rule of law’: Interview with Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile
January 30, 2005The Hindu Interview with Ricardo Lagos “Globalised world needs rule of law” The first Chilean head of state to visit India, President RicardoLagos, spoke to Siddharth Varadarajan, Deputy … Continue reading
Inside Myanmar IV: Remembrance of things past
21 January 2005The Hindu> Inside Myanmar – IV Relics of the past abound here By Siddharth Varadarajan YANGON, JAN. 20. The Burmese capital is where Bahadur Shah Zafar — the … Continue reading
Inside Myanmar III: Censor’s pen makes it difficult to read between the lines
20 January 2005The Hindu Inside Myanmar – III Censor’s pen makes it difficult to read between the linesYangon: In the 1949 film, Patanga, Shamshad Begun sang wistfully about waiting for … Continue reading
Inside Myanmar II: Distant neighbours warm to each other, but slowly
19 January 2005The Hindu Inside Myanmar – II Distant neighbours warm up to each other, but slowly By Siddharth Varadarajan Yangon: When the Government of India took a major policy … Continue reading
Inside Myanmar I: India, China vie for energy, influence
January 17, 2001The Hindu Inside Myanmar- I India, China vie for energy, influence By Siddharth Varadarajan Sittwe: Dressed in an orange jumpsuit with calf-length boots and the salt-and-pepper mane of … Continue reading
India, Bangladesh and Myanmar agree to lay pipeline
14 January 2005The Hindu International – India & World India, Bangladesh and Myanmar agree to lay pipeline By Siddharth Varadarajan YANGON, JAN. 13. India, Bangladesh and Myanmar ended their historic … Continue reading
India to acquire stake in Myanmar’s energy sector
12 January 2005The Hindu International – India & World India to acquire stake in Myanmar’s energy sector By Siddharth Varadarajan YANGON, JAN. 11. Taking a strategic view of the fast … Continue reading
India’s poor need a radical package: Interview with Amartya Sen
Date:09/01/2005 http://www.thehindu.com/2005/01/09/stories/2005010900161400.htm Front Page India’s poor need a radical package: Amartya Sen IF THE Manmohan Singh Government is serious about ending the chronic under-nutrition that so many poor Indians suffer … Continue reading
Dixit leaves foreign policy void that is hard to fill
4 January 2005The Hindu Dixit leaves foreign policy void that is hard to fill By Siddharth Varadarajan NEW DELHI, JAN.3. A hard-nosed strategist with a keen sense of diplomatic history, … Continue reading
Tsunami relief should be led by U.N.
Date:03/01/2005 http://www.thehindu.com/2005/01/03/stories/2005010304031100.htm Opinion – News Analysis Tsunami relief should be led by U.N. By Siddharth Varadarajan NEW DELHI, JAN. 2. Stung by criticism that its initial response to the tsunami … Continue reading
India and the World: Four preconditions for greatness
2 January 2005Sunday Magazine, The Hindu Four preconditions for greatness SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN THANKS in part to physical size and the sheer weight of its population, its rapidly growing economy and … Continue reading
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