Rice brings reality check on India-U.S. ties
Date:17/03/2005 http://www.thehindu.com/2005/03/17/stories/2005031707951100.htm Opinion – News Analysis Rice brings reality check on India-U.S. ties By Siddharth Varadarajan NEW DELHI, MARCH 16. In publicly expressing her concerns about the Iran-India gas pipeline … Continue reading
Meerut massacre: No light at end of tunnel
15 March 2005The Hindu Meerut massacre: No light at end of tunnelBy Siddharth Varadarajan NEW DELHI, MARCH 14. More than two years after the Supreme Court — anguished by endless … Continue reading
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
Inside Myanmar IV: Remembrance of things past
21 January 2005The Hindu> Inside Myanmar – IV Relics of the past abound here By Siddharth Varadarajan YANGON, JAN. 20. The Burmese capital is where Bahadur Shah Zafar — the … Continue reading
Inside Myanmar III: Censor’s pen makes it difficult to read between the lines
20 January 2005The Hindu Inside Myanmar – III Censor’s pen makes it difficult to read between the linesYangon: In the 1949 film, Patanga, Shamshad Begun sang wistfully about waiting for … Continue reading
Inside Myanmar II: Distant neighbours warm to each other, but slowly
19 January 2005The Hindu Inside Myanmar – II Distant neighbours warm up to each other, but slowly By Siddharth Varadarajan Yangon: When the Government of India took a major policy … Continue reading
Inside Myanmar I: India, China vie for energy, influence
January 17, 2001The Hindu Inside Myanmar- I India, China vie for energy, influence By Siddharth Varadarajan Sittwe: Dressed in an orange jumpsuit with calf-length boots and the salt-and-pepper mane of … 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
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