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33: 360:. He worked there as a senior editorial writer, deputy editorial features editor, chief television and media critics, and, for five years, as the paper's editorial features ("op-ed") editor (a post to which he was appointed by the paper's editorial page editor, 243:, to which he  has been affiliated since February 2021. He is also a fellow at the Classical Liberal Institute at New York University Law School , and at the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University. He is a contributor under contract to 415:", a play on the colloquial American phrase "Going Postal". The opinion essay prompted some controversy, including political objections from some students at New York University, where he was a clinical professor, as well as in the media. NYU President 368:
in 2002. The citation read, "for a year's worth of his consistently engaging and controversial opinion pieces about South Asia (and other global topics) in the newspaper and on its sister site, OpinionJournal.com."
427:, quoted Varadarajan's article, among others, when he discussed phenomenon of "a growing number of academics using (their) intellectual identity to promote intolerance and xenophobia against Islam and Muslims". 388:. In December 2012, he became the first editor of Newsweek Global, the all-digital publication that took the place of the magazine's print edition. He resigned from that job in late April 2013. 830: 888: 247:, where he writes Weekend Interviews and Book Reviews for the editorial page. He was earlier the Virginia Hobbs Carpenter Research Fellow in Journalism at the 878: 873: 748: 412: 913: 903: 883: 395:
at Stanford University for several years, including as the Virginia Hobbs Carpenter Research Fellow in Journalism, and was the editor of
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Dave, Palesh, "Making News - Palesh Dave profiles brothers Tunku and Siddharth Varadarajan", The India Quarterly (July–September 2013)
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merged with The Daily Beast in December 2010, Varadarajan was named editor of Newsweek International by editor-in-chief
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El-Sayed, Abdulrahman; Professor, ContributorAssistant; University, Columbia (4 April 2010).
335:. He specialized in international affairs, law, society, and culture. In 1996, he moved to 444: 314: 158: 816: 669: 608: 374: 278: 257: 232: 562: 587: 541: 364:.) He also wrote a column, "Citizen of the World," for which he received an award from 32: 424: 332: 224: 71: 67: 862: 448: 361: 344: 716: 683: 325:
After six years as a lecturer in law, Tunku Varadarajan left Oxford in 1993 to join
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with his wife Amy Finnerty and their three children. He is a member of the
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in New York, and is on the Media Advisory Committee of
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In 2000, Varadarajan joined the editorial page of the
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bureau chief. In 1997, he was named the newspaper's
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After high school, he attended 14: 874:Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford 563:"People | Capitalism and Society" 733:. 2 January 2010. Archived from 157: 567:journal.capitalism.columbia.edu 313:from which he graduated with a 255:, and a contributing editor at 914:The Wall Street Journal people 269:Tunku Varadarajan was born in 1: 241:American Enterprise Institute 37:Tunku Varadarajan in May 2024 623:"‹ Reviewer Book Marks" 904:New York University faculty 884:Columbia University faculty 223:in 1962) is an Indian-born 92:Writer, journalist, teacher 930: 909:Stanford University staff 30: 16:Indian-British journalist 265:Early life and education 239:. He is a fellow at the 439:, Varadarajan lives in 317:degree in law in 1984. 303:Dulwich College, London 245:The Wall Street Journal 83:Trinity College, Oxford 751:. Content.usatoday.com 237:Newsweek International 836:The New York Observer 652:www.thetownschool.org 299:Siddharth Varadarajan 281:. 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Photo of Tunku Varadarajan, dressed in white shirt, blue tie.
Delhi
British
naturalised
Trinity College, Oxford
Muthusamy Varadarajan
Siddharth Varadarajan
/ˈtʊŋkˌvɑːrədəˈrɑːən/
naturalised
journalist
Newsweek Global
Newsweek International
American Enterprise Institute
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Politico Europe
Delhi
India
The Town School
Mayo College
Ajmer
Rajasthan
India
Siddharth Varadarajan
Dulwich College, London
Trinity College
Oxford University
Bachelor of Arts
The Times
Peter Stothard

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