Opinion: In Modi's manifesto, strong economics and backyard booby traps

Ashok Malik | Tuesday April 08, 2014

Jobs is the BJP's big promise, writes Ashok Malik.

Opinion: Smriti Irani could make Rahul Gandhi work hard

Ashok Malik | Wednesday April 02, 2014

"She is a thorough parliamentarian and an excellent campaigner"

Opinion: The Andhra Pradesh jigsaw puzzle in 2014

Ashok Malik | Tuesday April 01, 2014

A pact for the BJP and Telugu Desam Party's N Chandrababu Naidu could be a game-changer in Telangana.

Op-ed: BJP's new guard announces itself

Ashok Malik | Wednesday March 26, 2014

In 2014 the BJP is going through a clean-sheet redesign. This is reflected in names and faces of candidates, of course, but is also indicative of new demographics, concerns and constituencies, and a new identity for the party.

Op-ed: What BJP's Pramod Muthalik encounter proves

Ashok Malik | Monday March 24, 2014

There is half a point here in that as urban, middle-class societies emerge and grow, they are less tolerant of direct action and vigilantism. However, it is not as if the average Indian would have cheered and applauded Muthalik say 30 years ago. In that respect, middle class decency was never supportive of Muthalik's ways.

Op-ed: By targeting Narendra Modi for 2002, what does Rahul Gandhi accomplish?

Ashok Malik | Wednesday March 19, 2014

While his television interview a few weeks ago may have been a fiasco, Rahul Gandhi's interaction with the Press Trust of India (PTI) earlier this week certainly made a political point. Rather than loose thoughts on love, RTI and fresh air - usually the Congress vice-president's all-purpose solution to any Indian problem - this interview was focused and targeted Naren...

Op-ed: In Narendra Modi vs Arvind Kejriwal, will Varanasi see a big fight?

Ashok Malik | Tuesday March 18, 2014

Ashok Malik on how safe a seat Narendra Modi can count on in Varanasi.

Opinion: Op-ed: The UPA has scripted a summer of discontent in Indo-US ties

Ashok Malik | Wednesday March 12, 2014

The fact that New Delhi is absent from any long-term calculations in Washington, DC, and that the US trade representative has more or less been given charge of the India account, speaks volumes.

Op-ed: Modi's immediate future in the hands of UP, Bihar

Ashok Malik | Tuesday March 04, 2014

If Modi manages to overcome these challenges, he will make UP and Bihar central to national politics after a decade.

Opinion: Op-ed: Narenda Modi and China, a complex equation

Ashok Malik | Tuesday February 25, 2014

How does Modi see China? Lazy analysis is best avoided. Till a few months ago, there was the claim that Modi would reach out to China to snub America, which infamously revoked his visa in 2005 and declared him persona non grata.

Opinion: Op-ed: Can the UPA's top 10 ministers win elections? An assessment

Ashok Malik | Tuesday February 18, 2014

In a sense, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) is the 'cabinet within the cabinet'. Revived by the UPA government in 2004 - the NDA had preferred the Cabinet Committee on Security as its brains trust - the CCPA is located at the intersection of governance and politics.

Opinion: Op-ed: Wendy Doniger failed most by her publisher

Ashok Malik | Wednesday February 12, 2014

"Hindu right, like Hinduism itself, has multiple narratives".

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