Why the U.K.’s report on Modi’s riots worries Delhi
20 April 2002The Times of India Why UK’s report worries DelhiSIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The Vajpayee government is worried a scathing report on the Gujarat riots prepared by … Continue reading
I salute you Geetaben, from the bottom of my heart
18 April 2002The Times of India The Mask is Off A Tale of Two Hindus By Siddharth Varadarajan Two weeks ago, the resident editor of The Times of India in … Continue reading
Dateline Gilgit: Chinese operators, missing women and tourists
30 March 2002The Times of India Inside Northern Areas IVCHINESE OPERATORS, MISSING WOMEN AND TOURISTS Siddharth VaradarajanTimes of India News Service GILGIT: During and after the Kargil war, the Pakistani … Continue reading
Tibetan script makes a comeback in Pakistan
March 28, 2002The Times of India INSIDE THE NORTHERN AREAS – III Tibetan script makes a comeback in Pak By Siddharth Varadarajan SKARDU: In what must be one of the … Continue reading
Nisar Memon, Pakistan’s information minister, on why his country continues to ban Indian channels
27 March 2002The Times of India Infoetainment channel Interview with Nisar A. Memon, Information minister of Pakistan Two days before the recently held meeting of Saarc information ministers in Islamabad, … Continue reading
Why Pakistan can’t let the Northern Areas go
March, 26 2002The Times of India INSIDE THE NORTHERN AREAS – II Why Pak can’t let Northern Areas go By Siddharth Varadarajan BALTIT, Hunza: To understand the political significance of … Continue reading
Gilgit leaders deny they’re Indian agents
March, 25 2002The Times of India INSIDE THE NORTHERN AREAS – I Gilgit leaders deny they’re Indian agents By Siddharth Varadarajan GILGIT: Being a nationalist in this region is to … Continue reading
Slowly, Pak’s new Kashmir policy takes shape
23 March 2002The Times of India Slowly, Pak’s new Kashmir policy takes shape SIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK Islamabad: While it is impossible to gauge the extent to which Pakistan is … Continue reading
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
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