Ashok Malik

Ashok Malik  How times change. In 1992, when Bill Clinton was elected to the White House, the Washington, DC, establishment was surprised. It had been expected that President George HW Bush would get a second term. Part of the reason for…
Read More...

Ashok Malik  In his first year in power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has had several interactions with the Presidents of the United States and China. While his instincts may tend towards democracies and transparent polities, he has been…
Read More...

Ashok Malik Tantalisingly hung, the newly-elected Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will be lucky to last its entire term of six years. In a sense, this is unfortunate because the State - India's most troubled and volatile - is poised for a new…
Read More...

Ashok Malik In a world increasingly given to hyperbole, the adjective 'historic' is used and prefixed over-generously. It is necessary to separate the truly historic from what appears to be momentous but is only a passing fancy. Yet, by…
Read More...

Ashok Malik In its 34-year existence the BJP would have known few more satisfying days than Sunday, 19th October 19. There are three reasons for this. First, the superlative victory in Haryana constitutes perhaps the BJP's most impressive…
Read More...

Ashok Malik It is now fairly apparent that Indian forces have retaliated so heavily along the troubled frontier that Pakistani troops are on the retreat. In the past two days, pressure from across the border has lessened. Whether this is…
Read More...