The road ahead for India and Pakistan
If terrorism will not compel India to settle outstanding disputes with Pakistan, keeping the dialogue process suspended indefinitely is not going to force Islamabad to be more mindful of New … Continue reading
The ElBaradei interview: ‘Language of force is not helpful on Iran issue’
Tehran should be more transparent but its nuclear programme does not pose a threat that is imminent, says IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei…. 3 October 2009The Hindu ‘Language of force is … Continue reading
Delhi upset over separate Chinese visas for Kashmiris
The message as seen by the Indian side: China does not believe Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and is, in a sense, reiterating its intent to … Continue reading
Visa standoff leaves Kashmiri students in limbo
India will not accept China travel document that is not stamped in passport … 30 September 2009The Hindu Visa standoff leaves Kashmiri students in limbo Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: Chinese … Continue reading
India pleased as G20 summit scales new height
A 23 page Leaders’ Statement shows the enormous ground the world’s leading economies have covered … Genuine forward movement on several key issues, says Manmohan Singh… 27 September 2009The Hindu … Continue reading
G20 rules out ‘premature withdrawal’ of stimulus
Fossil fuel subsidies, bankers’ pay to come under global scanner, IMF asked to prepare a report by next year on banking system … 27 September 2009The Hindu G20 rules out … Continue reading
U.S. committed to nuclear deal, India told
Manmohan Singh on the the nuclear issue, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan at his post-G20press conference in Pittsburgh … 27 September 2009The Hindu U.S. committed to nuclear deal, India told Siddharth Varadarajan … Continue reading
Dateline Pittsburgh: So is Twenty the new Eight? Not quite
The G20 is here to stay but don’t write the obituary of the G8 yet… 25 September 2009The Hindu So is Twenty the new Eight? Not quite Siddharth Varadarajan Pittsburgh: … Continue reading
Pakistan’s response to the UN resolution on nonproliferation
Indian diplomats may be peeved at the fact that UNSC Resolution 1887, passed unanimously on September 24, 2009, takes no note of the exceptional status the country got when the … Continue reading
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
U.S. overshadows G-20 summit with Iran nuclear hype
Iran disclosed the existence of the new enrichment plant to the IAEA on September 21 but that hasn’t stopped the Western media from speaking of the “discovery” of the plant … 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
Don’t tell us to sign NPT, India tells U.S.
India rejects the big Obama nonproliferation resolution at the UN Security Council, says nuclear weapons are an integral part of national security and pushes for realisitic intermediate measures like a … 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
Siddharth Varadarajan 