Time not right for ending stimulus: Manmohan
Reclaiming India’s traditional mantle as the spokesperson for developing country interests, Manmohan Singh has made a string pitch for continuing the G20’s stimulus measures till at least 2010… 25 September … Continue reading
Remember G20, ‘Smoky City’ is where global warming started
A picture of darkness at noon… Downtown Pittsburgh lit by street lights during daytime in 1940. This is the backstory of climate change… 25 September 2009The Hindu Remember G20, ‘Smoky … Continue reading
G20 considering ‘peer review’ by IMF
We’ll know by tommorrow what the G20 decide but the U.S. hosts have floated some ideas… 25 September 2009The Hindu G20 considering ‘peer review’ by IMF Siddharth Varadarajan Pittsburgh: Though … Continue reading
India sees battle ahead for future of G20
Before the reform agenda is won, new issues are being raised in the run up to the Pittsburgh summit … And what better place to parry Western pressure on climate … Continue reading
India says financial crisis gives NAM new relevance
“A moral force for equitable transformation of today’s world” … 16 July 2009The Hindu India says financial crisis gives NAM new relevance Siddharth Varadarajan Sharm-el-Sheikh: Calling the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) … 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
‘BRIC should create conditions for fairer world order’
Dateline Yekaterinburg: Brazil, Russia, India, China stress financial, agricultural and strategic aspect of new grouping … 17 June 2009The Hindu ‘BRIC should create conditions for fairer world order’ Siddharth Varadarajan … Continue reading
Dateline Yekaterinburg: Manmohan, Zardari set to break the ice as SCO, BRIC meet
Manmohan Singh has arrived in Yekaterinburg (nee Sverdlovsk) for three days of hectic diplomacy centred around the Brazil, Russia, India, China summit and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. But those interactions … Continue reading
BRIC is not a bloc but a soft balancer
Brazil, Russia, India and China will make their debut as a joint political act next week. Here’s why the world may never be the same again… 13 June 2009The Hindu … Continue reading
SCO and BRIC both crucial, says India
The Indian foreign secretary on why the Prime Minister is going to the SCO and BRIC summits in Russia… 13 June 2009The Hindu SCO and BRIC both crucial, says IndiaSpecial … Continue reading
India walking away from its place in the sun
The government has to be more energetic in promoting Indian economic interests even if this means treading on the toes of “strategic partners” like the United States… 11 June 2009The … Continue reading
Watch me on the new government’s challenges @ CNN-IBN
I took part in an interesting hour-long discussion on CNN-IBN last night with Kapil Sibal and Lord Meghnad Desai on the new government’s challenges. We spoke about the economy, reform, … Continue reading
Dateline Orissa: In Kalahandi, battle for livelihood trumps war for votes
An open challenge to those who speak of development as an inclusive process… 13 April 2009The Hindu ELECTIONS 2009In Kalahandi, battle for livelihood trumps war for votes Siddharth Varadarajan Of … Continue reading
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