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Ashok Malik is senior fellow, Observer Research Foundation. He can be reached at malikashok@gmail.com

Protesters torch bus in Basirhat, West Bengal. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Waiting Game: W. Bengal pays price as Didi plays Muslim card

Ms Banerjee's wooing of the Muslim vote is legitimate but her methods have been clumsy and dangerous.

8 July 2017 7:18 PM

Waiting Game: To share data or not?

The more we use these Internet services, the more data we share with them.

10 Jun 2017 7:33 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the newly inaugurated Dhola-Sadia bridge, the countrys longest river bridge, in Assam on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Waiting Game: What's in a name? A lot, it seems, in politics

Congress politicians and partisans responded to the inauguration of the bridge with a peculiar protest.

27 May 2017 7:37 PM

RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav. (Photo: PTI)

Waiting game: After raids on Lalu, what will Nitish do?

Politicians and public officials may be guilty in a dozen cases but there may be incontrovertible evidence in only one...

17 May 2017 7:09 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File photo)

Waiting Game: Why has the BJP's win made its MPs tense?

The recent set of municipal elections was a milestone in this journey, but much ground remains to be covered.

29 April 2017 7:54 PM

A beef with the State

A beef with the State

The cow is a symbol of reverence for many in Indian society.

15 April 2017 7:22 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Waiting Game: Verdict 2017's lesson - Nurture local leaders

Mr Modi and Amit Shah, the two senior men in the BJP today, are alive to the need to build regional figures and icons.

18 March 2017 6:58 PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday inaugurated Chashma-III nuclear power plant in the city.

Little room for fresh India-Pak initiative

Even if India were to ignore those Pakistani objections and go ahead with the projects, these would take years to build.

4 March 2017 8:02 PM

Islamic State fighters (Photo: AFP)

Waiting Game: Fighting Islamic State - A trap for India

Tactically, Islamic State and/or Tehreek-e-Taliban is a threat to Pakistan.

18 Feb 2017 7:13 PM

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Waiting Game: Get real! Trump is here to stay

Mr Trump's executive order only built on directives and laws that have been around since 9/11.

4 Feb 2017 7:01 PM

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Waiting Game: Trump, Obama & future

The more Mr Obama intervenes, the more difficult it will be for the US to put the passions of the election behind it.

21 Jan 2017 7:27 PM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and newly unanimously elected partys national president Akhilesh Yadav addresses as SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav looks on during Samajwadi party national convention in Lucknow on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Waiting for March 11

If the BSP loses its second successive Assembly election, then it may well face an existential crisis.

11 Jan 2017 7:52 PM