Madhav Kumar Nepal: ‘Let the Maoists sit in opposition’
“Integration of combatants will be based on letter and spirit of past agreements” … In an exclusive interview to The Hindu on the eve of his first official visit to … Continue reading
India not fixated on Saeed, wants action on terror
New Delhi has followed policy of flexible containment since November 2008 … Fate of any one individual cannot serve as an “acid test” of Pakistan’s commitment… 7 August 2009The Hindu … Continue reading
Hillary visit over, U.S. says it backs ENR ban on India
State Department’s “press guidance” was never publicised in India … 5 August 2009The Hindu Hillary visit over, U.S. says it backs ENR ban on India Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: A … Continue reading
Listen to me on NPR on India, Pakistan and the U.S.
KUOW in Seattle, a part of the National Public Radio network in the U.S., interviewed me, Ahmed Rashid and Arif Jamal for a programme on “Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Islamic … Continue reading
The CNN-IBN debate on the PM’s Pakistan speech
I took part in a debate on Rajdeep Sardesai’s show on CNN-IBN the night Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed Parliament on his Pakistan policy. The other participants were Arun Jaitley, … Continue reading
A confident Manmohan creates space for flexible response
The Prime Minister’s speech in Parliament on Wednesday on Pakistan and terrorism was one of the finest I’ve seen him make… I can’t say he has brought complete clarity to … Continue reading
Missing the wood for the trees on Pakistan
Pakistan’s response to Mumbai may not be good enough, but delaying dialogue will not produce a better outcome for India … 29 July 2009The Hindu Missing the wood for the … Continue reading
The bottom line behind India-U.S. 3.0
In between lobbying for American arms sales and nuclear reactor parks, Hillary Clinton spent barely two hours out of five days in official discussion with her Indian hosts… 24 July … Continue reading
ISI chief to India: talk to us, we make policy too
New Delhi will only respond to request made by Pakistani government… 23 July 2009The Hindu ISI chief to India: talk to us, we make policy too Nirupama Subramanian and Siddharth … Continue reading
Has Hillary really disowned U.S. policy on ENR sales to India?
One stand in Delhi, another at NSG… 22 July 2009The Hindu Has Clinton really disowned U.S. policy on ENR sales to India?One stand in Delhi, another at NSG Siddharth Varadarajan … Continue reading
Kakodkar sounded warning on NPT link to ENR
U.S. effort at NSG would be “breach of trust”, the Atomic Energy Commission chairman said in January. And that India must take ’concerted action’ to avert new rule. But the … Continue reading
Space agreement to help launch ‘India-U.S. 3.0’
S.M. Krishna, Hillary Clinton to unveil new strategic dialogue architecture in which non-proliferation, security, education, etc. to be covered … 20 July 2009The Hindu Space agreement to help launch ‘India-U.S. … Continue reading
From Pakistan’s dossier on the Mumbai terror attack
Three pages from the annexe of the dossier Pakistan handed over to India have been posted on the website of The Hindu in PDF format. They provide details of the … Continue reading
Reprocessing talks with U.S. to begin next week
U.S.-prepared draft handed over earlier this month will be basis for talks… July 2010 is the deadline by which an agreement must be concluded… 19 July 2009The Hindu Reprocessing talks … Continue reading
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