Dateline Beijing: India and China have taken a major step forward on the energy front
If implemented, the agreement on joint bidding for energy assets in third countries will further reduce the dominance of the United States and Western majors in the oil and gas … Continue reading
Much more than Modi: A review of Yagnik and Sheth’s ‘The Shaping of Modern Gujarat’
History usually begins or restarts at that prosaic, magical or bloody moment when civilisation dawns or is extinguished. If February 2002 was such a moment for Gujarat—when the Narendra Modi … Continue reading
When Jaswant took Indian politics to foreign shores
As a former resident of the glass house called diplomacy, Mr. Singh should have thought twice before throwing stones. 16 September 2005The Hindu When Jaswant took Indian politics to foreign … Continue reading
Why India’s poor need an employment guarantee…Transcript of an interview to ABC TV
ABC TV Asia-Pacific interviewed a colleague and I on India’s radical new Employment Guarantee Act for an episode of one of their regular programmes, The Editors. Siddharth Varadarajan: I think … Continue reading
The dodgy underbelly of India’s war on terror
In their search for quick results, the police have allowed the real conspirators behind the terrorist attack on Parliament to get away. 26 August 2005The Hindu The dodgy underbelly of … Continue reading
Employment Guarantee: Minimum wage must be treated as sacrosanct
The guarantee of employment at a wage rate less than the statutory minimum — as the draft EGA stipulates — will undermine the broad purpose of the law and set … Continue reading
Moral indifference as the definitive form of modern evil
12 August 2005 The Hindu Moral indifference as the form of modern evil Siddharth Varadarajan India is the only democracy in the world where politicians and policemen responsible for mass … Continue reading
I salute you Geetaben, from the bottom of my heart
18 April 2002The Times of India The Mask is Off A Tale of Two Hindus By Siddharth Varadarajan Two weeks ago, the resident editor of The Times of India in … Continue reading
Elections 1999: Lord Rama helps and hinders in Allahabad
17 September 1999 The Times of India Lord Rama helps and hinders in Allahabad By Siddharth Varadarajan The Times of India News Service ALLAHABAD: Politicians may never wash their dirty … Continue reading
Elections 1999: Kala Bachcha as weather vane
16 September 1999The Times of India Kala Bachcha as a Weather VaneBy SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN KANPUR: Its not often that a journalist sets out in search of a dead man in … Continue reading
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