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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)Opinion
    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.

    9 July 2017 12:48 AM IST

    Aadhaar logoOpinion
    Waiting Game: To share data or not?

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

    11 Jun 2017 1:03 AM IST

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

    28 May 2017 1:07 AM IST

    RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    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...

    18 May 2017 12:39 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File photo)Opinion
    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.

    30 April 2017 1:24 AM IST

    A beef with the StateOpinion
    A beef with the State

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

    16 April 2017 12:52 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    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.

    19 March 2017 12:28 AM IST

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

    5 March 2017 1:32 AM IST

    Islamic State fighters (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Waiting Game: Fighting Islamic State - A trap for India

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

    19 Feb 2017 12:43 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    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.

    5 Feb 2017 12:31 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    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.

    22 Jan 2017 12:57 AM IST

    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)Opinion
    Waiting for March 11

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

    12 Jan 2017 1:22 AM IST

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