Siddharth Varadarajan

Opinion: Destructive Stabs At Democracy In India - By Amartya Sen

Opinion | Amartya Sen | Thursday April 16, 2020

India's hard-fought democratic rights are at risk because of striking misuse of political power by the ruling party, writes the Nobel laureate

3,500 Jurists, Artistes Slam UP Government For Case Against Journalist Siddharth Varadarajan

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 15, 2020

About 3,500 jurists, academics, actors, artistes, writers and people from other walks of life have slammed the Uttar Pradesh government and police for filing an FIR against Siddharth Varadarajan, the founding editor of web portal The Wire, and demanded that all criminal proceedings against him be dropped.

Editors' Guild Criticises UP Police Action Against Editor Of The Wire

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday April 12, 2020

The Editors' Guild of India has strongly criticised the Uttar Pradesh police action against Siddharth Varadarajan, the Editor-in-Chief of The Wire. The police action, the Editors' Guild said, was "over-reaction and an act of intimidation". A resident of Delhi, Mr Varadarajan has been asked to appear at the Ayodhya police station on Tuesday, amid th...

'Haven't Read The Papers': Nitish Kumar on Jay Shah Controversy

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Debanish Achom | Monday October 9, 2017

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the BJP's latest ally, refused to comment this morning on the controversy over allegations in a website article that BJP chief Amit Shah's son, Jay Shah, a businessman, saw massive profits after the party came to power at the Centre in 2014

Opinion: Rahul, Please Note That Modi Takes No Sabbaticals

Opinion | Siddharth Varadarajan | Sunday April 19, 2015

Modi takes no sabbaticals. Even when he is abroad on official business, he believes in fighting his party's opponents.

Opinion: Modi's Second Swipe at Secularism While Abroad

Opinion | Siddharth Varadarajan | Tuesday April 14, 2015

Since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister last May, he has criticized, or mocked, 'secularists' and secularism in India on two occasions. Strangely, each time while speaking to NRIs on foreign soil.

Opinion: Bring Kashmiri Pandits Home. But Not to Ghettos.

Opinion | Siddharth Varadarajan | Thursday April 9, 2015

The involuntary exile of virtually the entire Pandit community from the Kashmir valley in the wake of the separatist insurgency that broke out in the state in 1988 is one of the great tragedies of independent India.

Opinion: Giriraj Singh's Crude Racism Does Real Damage

Opinion | Siddharth Varadarajan | Thursday April 2, 2015

After using Congress President Sonia Gandhi as the foil for a racist remark, Giriraj Singh and the Narendra Modi government seem blissfully unaware of the damage this has done to India's relations with Nigeria, and to its standing with the Africa as a whole.

Opinion: Our Politicians Loved Section 66(A)

Opinion | Siddharth Varadarajan | Tuesday March 24, 2015

What do Narendra Modi and Azam Khan, Karti Chidambaram and Mamata Banerjee have in common? The law will no longer allow someone to be arrested for writing an online comment that offends or annoys them.

Opinion: What Amit Shah Is Doing Wrong in Bihar and Bengal

Opinion | Siddharth Varadarajan | Saturday February 21, 2015

BJP strategy against Nitish Kumar risks mega backfiring, writes Siddharth Varadarajan.

Opinion: Make No Mistake. This Is Modi's Defeat

Opinion | Siddharth Varadarajan | Tuesday February 10, 2015

Siddharth Varadarajan on what has driven voters from BJP to AAP.

Opinion: Kejriwal's Willingness to Say 'Sorry' Has Paid Off

Opinion | Siddharth Varadarajan | Sunday February 8, 2015

Whether AAP wins or not, it is back in the game, writes Siddharth Varadarajan.

Opinion: How BJP Killed Its Chances in Delhi

Opinion | Siddharth Varadarajan | Wednesday February 4, 2015

3M strategy - Money, Mud, Modi - hasn't worked, says Siddharth Varadarajan.

Opinion: When Jayanthi Natarajan Found Her Conscience

Opinion | Siddharth Varadarajan | Friday January 30, 2015

Her letter exposes Congress' growing problems, writes Siddharth Varadarajan.

Opinion: How PM has Sidelined Sushma Swaraj Again

Opinion | Siddharth Varadarajan | Thursday January 29, 2015

Clear message in selection of new Foreign Secretary, writes Siddharth Varadarajan.