The writer is Consulting Editor, The Indian Express.

August 15, 2002 00:00 IST
India underlined its ‘‘unequivocal’’ position against an ‘‘invasion’’ of Iraq by the US with a tea p...
Thu, Aug 15, 2002
August 13, 2002 00:00 IST
Stories of Indian leaders being shamed by punctilious big powers who refuse to endorse ‘‘state visits’’ or, even, questi...
Tue, Aug 13, 2002
August 06, 2002 00:00 IST
When shall we meet again/In thunder, lightning or in rain.... Macbeth’s magnificent opening lines are hopefully more than about the dar...
Tue, Aug 06, 2002
August 03, 2002 00:00 IST
Spurning India’s offer of the use of its airspace, General Pervez Musharraf preferred to fly to Dhaka via Dubai, then to Colombo and ba...
Sat, Aug 03, 2002
August 02, 2002 00:00 IST
With a slew of former Indian foreign service officers in key government positions — led by Principal Secretary Brajesh Mishra — Fr...
Fri, Aug 02, 2002
July 30, 2002 00:00 IST
Three times former External Affairs minister Jaswant Singh postponed a visit to Africa. Something or the other—the last time around it ...
Tue, Jul 30, 2002
July 28, 2002 00:00 IST
Not content with travelling the world first-class to ostensibly pursue the interests of the Indian diaspora, ambassador at large for NRIs Bh...
Sun, Jul 28, 2002
July 25, 2002 00:00 IST
Sleeping in Delhi and lunching in Islamabad later this weekend, US Secretary of State Colin Powell returns to the India-Pakistan tightrope t...
Thu, Jul 25, 2002
July 23, 2002 00:00 IST
Digvijay Singh, Minister of State in the MEA, may well turn out to be South Block’s new surprise. The young minister has been answering...
Tue, Jul 23, 2002
July 21, 2002 00:00 IST
If you can’t send them wheat, send them biscuits. Made in India, carried by the World Food Programme from New Delhi to Kabul and beyond...
Sun, Jul 21, 2002
July 20, 2002 00:00 IST
A permanent end to infiltration and bilateral dialogue are solutions to the continuing crisis between India and Pakistan, British Foreign Se...
Sat, Jul 20, 2002
July 18, 2002 00:00 IST
India's grand venture into the heart of deep Africa—buying a 25% stake in Sudan’s oilfield, worth an astounding $750 million—...
Thu, Jul 18, 2002
July 16, 2002 00:00 IST
In the good old days, IFS officers — and their spouses — were said to have (wo)manfully accepted the postings they were offered. N...
Tue, Jul 16, 2002
July 13, 2002 00:00 IST
External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha had barely boarded his special aircraft for the Maldives yesterday when Prime Minister Vajpayee...
Sat, Jul 13, 2002
July 10, 2002 00:00 IST
India's new External Affairs minister Yashwant Sinha may take some time finding his feet in South Block, but he certainly made some welcome ...
Wed, Jul 10, 2002
July 10, 2002 00:00 IST
Small seems to be big for External Affairs minister Yashwant Sinha. Barely a week into his new job, Sinha is travelling to the Maldives and ...
Wed, Jul 10, 2002
July 08, 2002 00:00 IST
What’s in a name? Quite a bit, if you reckon with new Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal. Seeking to stamp the MEA with his vision thing, S...
Mon, Jul 08, 2002
July 05, 2002 00:00 IST
The mirror cracked, some days ago in Pakistan. The utterly sophisticated and skillful master-diplomat Inamul Haq, was formally elevated from...
Fri, Jul 05, 2002
July 02, 2002 00:00 IST
South Block appears to have put on hold. Kanwal Sibal had barely begun to savour the challenge of his new job as India’s 28th foreign s...
Tue, Jul 02, 2002
July 02, 2002 00:00 IST
Whodunit? If it’s the ‘‘strategic dialogue’ between India and the UK you’re asking about, some key clues are said t...
Tue, Jul 02, 2002
June 27, 2002 00:00 IST
From within the US establishment, the voices had been echoing back and forth: Washington’s travel warning on India was having a damagin...
Thu, Jun 27, 2002
June 25, 2002 00:00 IST
Nepalese King Gyanendra’s reputation as a ‘‘hands on’’ monarch was strengthened today with New Delhi, in strict hie...
Tue, Jun 25, 2002
June 25, 2002 00:00 IST
Oh, for the agony and ecstasy of the World Cup in June! So much more pleasurable to watch football as alternative to coercive diplomacy on t...
Tue, Jun 25, 2002
June 25, 2002 00:00 IST
Angry over the international community’s decision to ‘‘unofficially’’ impose economic sanctions on India during the...
Tue, Jun 25, 2002
June 21, 2002 00:00 IST
The United Nations took the unprecedented step of joining Western governments in recently portraying India as an unsafe place to be in, with...
Fri, Jun 21, 2002





