Frontier Rugs: Review of The Carpet Wars by Christopher Kremmer
September 30, 2002Outlook REVIEW Frontier Rugs Through the magical metaphor of carpets, Kremmer does a fine job of chronicling the decline of a once-fabled region. SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN THE CARPET WARS: … Continue reading
Say No to Bush: The World Must Stand by Iraq
The Times of India, September 12, 2002URL: http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?art_id=21892022 Say No to Bush The World Must Stand by Iraq By Siddharth Varadarajan Here’s a simple quiz to mark the anniversary of … Continue reading
Ruud Lubbers, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, on how 9/11 made his job tougher
20 June 2002The Times of India No Place for the Displaced Interview with Ruud Rubbers, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees As United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers has … Continue reading
Rumsfeld has special forces offer for India
11 June 2002The Times of India Rumsfeld has special forces offer for India SIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW DELHI: As part of a plan to de-escalate tension between India and … Continue reading
Musharraf dares India to go to war
27 May 2002The Times of India News Analysis Musharraf dares India to go to war SIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW DELHI: With one eye fixed firmly on his domestic constituency … Continue reading
Manohar Joshi not new to controversy
10 May 2002The Times of India Joshi not new to controversy SIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW DELHI: If Shiv Sena leader and Union industries minister ManoharJoshi is elected Speaker of … Continue reading
Why the U.K.’s report on Modi’s riots worries Delhi
20 April 2002The Times of India Why UK’s report worries DelhiSIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The Vajpayee government is worried a scathing report on the Gujarat riots prepared by … Continue reading
Dateline Gilgit: Chinese operators, missing women and tourists
30 March 2002The Times of India Inside Northern Areas IVCHINESE OPERATORS, MISSING WOMEN AND TOURISTS Siddharth VaradarajanTimes of India News Service GILGIT: During and after the Kargil war, the Pakistani … Continue reading
Tibetan script makes a comeback in Pakistan
March 28, 2002The Times of India INSIDE THE NORTHERN AREAS – III Tibetan script makes a comeback in Pak By Siddharth Varadarajan SKARDU: In what must be one of the … Continue reading
Nisar Memon, Pakistan’s information minister, on why his country continues to ban Indian channels
27 March 2002The Times of India Infoetainment channel Interview with Nisar A. Memon, Information minister of Pakistan Two days before the recently held meeting of Saarc information ministers in Islamabad, … Continue reading
Why Pakistan can’t let the Northern Areas go
March, 26 2002The Times of India INSIDE THE NORTHERN AREAS – II Why Pak can’t let Northern Areas go By Siddharth Varadarajan BALTIT, Hunza: To understand the political significance of … Continue reading
Gilgit leaders deny they’re Indian agents
March, 25 2002The Times of India INSIDE THE NORTHERN AREAS – I Gilgit leaders deny they’re Indian agents By Siddharth Varadarajan GILGIT: Being a nationalist in this region is to … Continue reading
Slowly, Pak’s new Kashmir policy takes shape
23 March 2002The Times of India Slowly, Pak’s new Kashmir policy takes shape SIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK Islamabad: While it is impossible to gauge the extent to which Pakistan is … Continue reading
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