Chavez is India’s passport to Latin America
4 March 2005The Hindu Chavez is India’s passport to Latin America By Siddharth Varadarajan NEW DELHI, MARCH 3. Thousands of miles separate Venezuela and India but when Hugo Chavez, the … Continue reading
Budget 2005: Still waiting for the big push
3 March 2005The Hindu Budget 2005Still waiting for the big push In defeating the NDA last year, the electorate wanted a change in the direction of the economy and not … Continue reading
Gulberg Society victims claim Rs. 64 crores `bandh’ damages
2 March 2005The Hindu Gulberg Society victims claim Rs. 64 crores `bandh’ damages By Siddharth Varadarajan NEW DELHI, MARCH 1. In a dramatic step that will test the limits of … Continue reading
Reimagining Nepal: Book review of Forget Kathmandu by Manjushree Thapa
March 1, 2005The Hindu Book Review FORGET KATHMANDU — An Elegy for Democracy: Manjushree Thapa; Viking- Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., 11, Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi-110017. Rs. 350. … Continue reading
More facts needed in Geelani case
16 February 2005The Hindu More facts needed in Geelani case By Siddharth Varadarajan NEW DELHI, FEB. 15. In any high-profile case of attempted or actual murder, it is normal for … Continue reading
My Foreword to Iftikhar Gilani’s My Days in Prison
The next time a minister or politician, a policeman or soldier, a bureaucrat, judge or even a journalist tells us he or she cares about the rule of law, I … Continue reading
‘Globalised world needs rule of law’: Interview with Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile
January 30, 2005The Hindu Interview with Ricardo Lagos “Globalised world needs rule of law” The first Chilean head of state to visit India, President RicardoLagos, spoke to Siddharth Varadarajan, Deputy … Continue reading
India, Bangladesh and Myanmar agree to lay pipeline
14 January 2005The Hindu International – India & World India, Bangladesh and Myanmar agree to lay pipeline By Siddharth Varadarajan YANGON, JAN. 13. India, Bangladesh and Myanmar ended their historic … Continue reading
India to acquire stake in Myanmar’s energy sector
12 January 2005The Hindu International – India & World India to acquire stake in Myanmar’s energy sector By Siddharth Varadarajan YANGON, JAN. 11. Taking a strategic view of the fast … Continue reading
India’s poor need a radical package: Interview with Amartya Sen
Date:09/01/2005 http://www.thehindu.com/2005/01/09/stories/2005010900161400.htm Front Page India’s poor need a radical package: Amartya Sen IF THE Manmohan Singh Government is serious about ending the chronic under-nutrition that so many poor Indians suffer … Continue reading
Dixit leaves foreign policy void that is hard to fill
4 January 2005The Hindu Dixit leaves foreign policy void that is hard to fill By Siddharth Varadarajan NEW DELHI, JAN.3. A hard-nosed strategist with a keen sense of diplomatic history, … Continue reading
Tsunami relief should be led by U.N.
Date:03/01/2005 http://www.thehindu.com/2005/01/03/stories/2005010304031100.htm Opinion – News Analysis Tsunami relief should be led by U.N. By Siddharth Varadarajan NEW DELHI, JAN. 2. Stung by criticism that its initial response to the tsunami … Continue reading
India and the World: Four preconditions for greatness
2 January 2005Sunday Magazine, The Hindu Four preconditions for greatness SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN THANKS in part to physical size and the sheer weight of its population, its rapidly growing economy and … Continue reading
The latest act in the tragedy that is Zahira
Date:23/12/2004 http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/23/stories/2004122313861100.htm Opinion – News Analysis The latest act in the tragedy that is Zahira By Siddharth Varadarajan NEW DELHI, DEC. 22. Given the close interest it has taken in … Continue reading
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