Gujarat: Method behind the Centre’s laxity?
March 2, 2002The Times of India Method behind Centre’s laxity? MANOJ JOSHI & SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN TIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW DELHI: Was there a method in the casual manner in which … Continue reading
BJP fiddles while Gujarat burns
1 March 2002The Times of India BJP fiddles while Gujarat burnsSIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The wave of murders and arson attacks against Muslims and their businesses in Gujarat … Continue reading
Kashmir: State of Discontent
Newsline (Pakistan), February 2002URL: http://www.newsline.com.pk/NewsJune2002/cover3june.htm Cover Story State of Discontent India may blame Pakistan for all its woes in Kashmir, but it is time the Indian government did some serious … Continue reading
Centre hangs up on Kashmiris
4 January 2002The Times of India Centre hangs up on Kashmiris SIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW DELHI: It’s the political equivalent of using a sledgehammer to swat a fly: In … Continue reading
Legal processes in way of getting ‘wanted’ from Pak
3 January 2002The Times of India Legal processes in way of getting ‘wanted’ from PakBY SIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: By formally asking Pakistan to hand over 20 terrorist … Continue reading
Reckless Rhetoric: Tanks no Answer to Terrorism
27 December 2001The Times of India Reckless Rhetoric Tanks no Answer to Terrorism SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN TWO weeks on and the war rhetoric we’ve been hearing since the December 13 terrorist … Continue reading
Japan’s Lost Decades: An interview with Prof Makoto Itoh
December 12, 2001The Times of India Japan’s Lost Decades Tokyo: One of Japan’s most insightful economists, Makoto Itoh has written extensively on the world economic crisis and the problems of … Continue reading
The Tokyo Trap
8 December 2001The Times of India The Tokyo TrapSiddharth Varadarajan Tokyo: The Bush administration may have killed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty but when Prime Minister Vajpayee arrives here this … Continue reading
Alliance takeover of Kabul a setback for US
14 November 2001The Times of India Alliance takeover of Kabul a setback for US By Siddharth VaradarajanTimes News Network New Delhi: After dictating the pace of the war in Afghanistan, … Continue reading
Haq was on mission to sideline Northern Alliance
28 October 2001The Times of India HAQ WAS ON MISSION TO SIDELINE ALLIANCE SIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW DELHI: Abdul Haq, the former Pushtun guerrillaleader executed by the Taliban on … Continue reading
Outside powers field Afghan proxies in new ‘great game’
25 October 2001The Times of India Outside powers field Afghan proxies in new ‘great game’ SIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: As the US campaign to overthrow the Taliban progresses, … Continue reading
India wary of Pak plans for Afghanistan
19 October 2001The Times of IndiaIndia wary of Pak plans for Afghanistan BY SIDDHARTH VARADARAJANTIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW DELHI: Even as India, Pakistan and the US pay lip-service to the … Continue reading
An Ignoble War: Earn your peace prize, Mr Annan
15 October 2001The Times of India An Ignoble WarEarn your Peace Prize, Mr Annan Siddharth Varadarajan The gentle Norwegians who decide on the Nobel peace prize have been accused of … Continue reading