Slimmer portfolio awaits new NSA
Shiv Shankar Menon the front-runner, Left not keen on M.K. Narayanan as West Bengal Governor… 16 January 2010The Hindu Slimmer portfolio awaits new NSA Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: Although the … Continue reading
A typical Chhattisgarh story
I just received this open letter by email. it is written by Alban Toppo, a young lawyer working in Bastar in Chhattisgarh, a no-rights zone in the world’s largest democracy … Continue reading
Little men re-enact Ayodhya chaos inside Parliament
Challenge for Chidambaram will be to go from jaw-jaw to law-law … 9 December 2009The Hindu NEWS ANALYSISLittle men re-enact Ayodhya chaos inside ParliamentChallenge for Chidambaram will be to go … Continue reading
Searing indictment of RSS, BJP, but action to be taken: Nothing
Hard conclusions, soft recommendations let sangh parivar, Centre off the hook 25 November 2009The Hindu NEWS ANALYSISSearing indictment of RSS, BJP, but action to be taken: Nothing Siddharth Varadarajan New … Continue reading
Proof of planning, conspiracy a big blow to BJP, RSS
Forget the question of who leaked what, let’s concentrate on the Liberhan report’s findings… 24 November 2009The Hindu NEWS ANALYSISProof of planning, conspiracy a big blow to BJP, RSSSiddharth Varadarajan … Continue reading
India after Indira, 25 years on
She didn’t have time to learn from our mistakes. What’s our excuse?… 1 November 2009The Hindu India after Indira, 25 years on Siddharth Varadarajan Indira Gandhi was not responsible for … Continue reading
1984: Who are the Guilty?
The report which blew the lid off the role Congress leaders played in the anti-Sikh massacres… Citizens Report Who Are The Guilty? Report of a joint inquiry into the causes … Continue reading
Modi’s ‘action-reaction’ quote
After taking on some apologists for Narendra Modi on Twitter, I realised the limitation of the 140 character limit for responses. These guys will probably never be satisfied… As I … Continue reading
Centre for new war on Maoists
According to a top government official, the Home Ministry’s proposal for use of special forces against the Naxalite movement is being considered… 24 September 2009The Hindu Centre for new war … Continue reading
Just give it another push…
On July 1, I tweeted the following, in the context of the Liberhan report on Ayodhya and the fate of the BJP: “With the ‘half-pantiyas’ teetering on the brink, it’s … Continue reading
The diminishing of Indian democracy
Jaswant may be right or wrong about Jinnah but the BJP’s intolerance towards different interpretations of the past compromises its future and the country’s as well. 21 August 2009The Hindu … Continue reading
Go easy with the family silver
Privatisation is not a panacea for either the fiscal deficit or the observed inefficiencies of the public sector… 9 July 2009The Hindu Go easy with the family silver Privatisation is … Continue reading
Political logic of budget is that welfarism pays
The human face of reforms won Congress the election, so the ‘inhuman face’ must wait… 7 July 2009The Hindu Political logic of budget is that welfarism pays Siddharth Varadarajan New … Continue reading
Regardless of contents, Liberhan report is bad news for BJP
A decade and a half late, but the judicial commission inquiry into the demolition of the Babri masjid in 1992 will still have political consequences… 1 July 2009The Hindu Regardless … Continue reading
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