The writer is Consulting Editor, The Indian Express.

January 15, 2001 00:00 IST
New Delhi, January 14: The glass ceiling broke in the Ministry of External Affairs a couple of weeks ago, allowing Chokila Iyer to step ge...
Mon, Jan 15, 2001
January 13, 2001 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 12: Continuing his appraisal of India today, Chinese leader Li Peng emphasised the end of the recent chapter of hostili...
Sat, Jan 13, 2001
January 12, 2001 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 11: Amidst ample evidence of the ``special'' relationship between Pakistan and China -- including the purchase of Chine...
Fri, Jan 12, 2001
January 09, 2001 00:00 IST
New Delhi, January 8: Keep a low profile and work hard, Deng Xiaoping told his countrymen in the late 1970s, urging them to build the mode...
Tue, Jan 09, 2001
December 09, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, DEC 8: Kargil's ghost seemed to be preparing itself for a quiet burial at the Iftar rituals at the Pakistan High Commission, th...
Sat, Dec 09, 2000
December 08, 2000 00:00 IST
New Delhi, December 7: Kargil's ghost seemed to be preparing itself for a quiet burial at the Iftar rituals at the Pakistan High Commissio...
Fri, Dec 08, 2000
December 06, 2000 00:00 IST
New Delhi, December 5: India rejected today the role of any ``third party'' in talks both between the Centre and the Kashmiris as well as ...
Wed, Dec 06, 2000
November 16, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 15: India today called off its cricket tour of Pakistan, citing the ``hostile propaganda and constant calls for jehad'...
Thu, Nov 16, 2000
November 15, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 14: The Indian establishment seems divided down the middle over the visit of the highest-ranking delegation from the M...
Wed, Nov 15, 2000
November 08, 2000 00:00 IST
New Delhi, November 7: For India and Pakistan, the difference between Al Gore and George Bush could mean the difference between an intrusi...
Wed, Nov 08, 2000
October 31, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, OCT 29: As Yogesh Tiwari, India's ambassador to Austria, stands accused of ``financial irregularities'', his former reputation ...
Tue, Oct 31, 2000
October 30, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 29: As Yogesh Tiwari, India's ambassador to Austria, stands accused of ``financial irregularities'', his former reputat...
Mon, Oct 30, 2000
October 25, 2000 00:00 IST
O children of Gaza/ Don't mind our broadcasts/ Don't listen to us/ We are the people of calculations, of additions, of subtraction/ Wage y...
Wed, Oct 25, 2000
October 12, 2000 00:00 IST
New Delhi, October 11: Nearly three weeks after gangster Chhota Rajan was shot at in Thailand, the Ministry of External Affairs is finally...
Thu, Oct 12, 2000
October 04, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 2: Amid cold-blooded realism on the part of both New Delhi and Moscow that one superpower has survived in the ash heap ...
Wed, Oct 04, 2000
September 28, 2000 00:00 IST
Moscow, September 27: In the naval dockyard of St Petersburg, on the north-west tip of Russia, nearly 6,000 workers are currently employed...
Thu, Sep 28, 2000
September 27, 2000 00:00 IST
Atal Bihari Vajpayee returned from Washington last week, having successfully reclaimed the right of the Indian to create his own space in ...
Wed, Sep 27, 2000
September 26, 2000 00:00 IST
Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee's recent trip to the US has been the subject of substantial interest in the subcontinent and beyond. Is there...
Tue, Sep 26, 2000
September 26, 2000 00:00 IST
ST. PETERSBURG, SEPTEMBER 25: Far away in the Leningrad region, Lenin's raised arm still points towards Moscow. There, that way, he seems ...
Tue, Sep 26, 2000
September 07, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 6: Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee left for his 12-day visit to the US tonight and said his ``core'' message while abroa...
Thu, Sep 07, 2000
September 06, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 5: Two daughters of an Indian staffer with the government's mission in Pakistan aged 6 and 8 years old were allegedly...
Wed, Sep 06, 2000
September 02, 2000 00:00 IST
Sri Lanka, India differ on SAARC meeting India and Sri Lanka persist with their oddly, prickly relationship. A proposal from Colombo (it r...
Sat, Sep 02, 2000
August 23, 2000 00:00 IST
Once upon a time, Jawaharlal Nehru gifted a baby elephant to the Tokyo zoo. The War had been declared over with the deliberate devastation...
Wed, Aug 23, 2000
August 19, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, AUG 18: Fiji's ousted Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry believes that India should be instrumental in putting together a road ma...
Sat, Aug 19, 2000
August 17, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 16: The Chemical Weapons Convention Bill was finally passed by Parliament this evening, four years after the Convention ...
Thu, Aug 17, 2000


