Lt Gen. Moin-ud-din Haider (retd.), Pakistan’s Interior minister, on the Daniel Pearl case
22 March 2002The Times of India Inside Islamabad Interview with Pakistan’s interior minister Pakistan’s interior minister, Lt Gen Moin-ud-din Haider (retd), is the musharraf regime’s point man in its battle … Continue reading
Dateline Islamabad: Was Daniel Pearl on to something?
From the May 2002 issue of World Press Review (VOL. 49, No. 5) Skeletons Rattle in Pakistan’s Closet Was Pearl Onto Something? Siddharth Varadarajan, The Times of India, New Delhi, … Continue reading
Islamabad meet begins with detour
8 March 2002The Times of India Islamabad meet begins with detourBy SIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK Islamabad: India’s ban on overflights by Pakistani aircraft took centrestage at the inaugural session of … Continue reading
Saarc trips over media visas
7 March 2002The Times of India Saarc trips over media visas SIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK Islamabad: Restrictions on journalists and the question of the ‘‘free flow of information featured prominently … Continue reading
Carnage in Gujarat: Telling Silence, Mr Vajpayee
6 March 2002The Times of India Carnage in Gujarat Telling Silence, Mr Vajpayee By Siddharth Varadarajan Prime Minister Vajpayee’s attempt to blame the people of Gujarat – and their supposed … Continue reading
‘Newton’ Modi has a lot to answer for
3 March 2002The Times of India ‘Newton’ Modi has a lot to answer TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Fish rots from the top, and if the ugly events unfolding in … Continue reading
Gujarat: Method behind the Centre’s laxity?
March 2, 2002The Times of India Method behind Centre’s laxity? MANOJ JOSHI & SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN TIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW DELHI: Was there a method in the casual manner in which … Continue reading
BJP fiddles while Gujarat burns
1 March 2002The Times of India BJP fiddles while Gujarat burnsSIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The wave of murders and arson attacks against Muslims and their businesses in Gujarat … Continue reading
Kashmir: State of Discontent
Newsline (Pakistan), February 2002URL: http://www.newsline.com.pk/NewsJune2002/cover3june.htm Cover Story State of Discontent India may blame Pakistan for all its woes in Kashmir, but it is time the Indian government did some serious … Continue reading
Centre hangs up on Kashmiris
4 January 2002The Times of India Centre hangs up on Kashmiris SIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW DELHI: It’s the political equivalent of using a sledgehammer to swat a fly: In … Continue reading
Legal processes in way of getting ‘wanted’ from Pak
3 January 2002The Times of India Legal processes in way of getting ‘wanted’ from PakBY SIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: By formally asking Pakistan to hand over 20 terrorist … Continue reading
Reckless Rhetoric: Tanks no Answer to Terrorism
27 December 2001The Times of India Reckless Rhetoric Tanks no Answer to Terrorism SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN TWO weeks on and the war rhetoric we’ve been hearing since the December 13 terrorist … Continue reading
Japan’s Lost Decades: An interview with Prof Makoto Itoh
December 12, 2001The Times of India Japan’s Lost Decades Tokyo: One of Japan’s most insightful economists, Makoto Itoh has written extensively on the world economic crisis and the problems of … Continue reading
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