Ashok Malik – Author, NDTV.com

Opinion: What Government Should Have Done Differently With Hamid Ansari

Ashok Malik | Monday June 22, 2015

Sunday, June 21, saw the commemoration of the first International Yoga Day. This was an initiative promoted by the Narendra Modi government and showcasing the softer side of India's diplomatic influence. True, yoga has been around and has been popular for years. Yet, the worldwide identification of yoga with India and its Indian roots, and the mobilization of thousand...

Opinion: Myanmar Operation Strengthens PM Modi's No-Nonsense Reputation

Ashok Malik | Wednesday June 10, 2015

There are those who have described the Indian Army's operations against cross-border insurgency groups hiding in villages in Myanmar as dramatic and new. There are others who have pointed out that such operations have been conducted before - in Myanmar itself and famously in Bhutan, against the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and other militant groups in 2003. ...

Opinion: From BC (Before Chaiwala) to AD (Acche Din)

Ashok Malik | Monday May 25, 2015

In May 2014, India moved from the BC era to the AD era: Before Chaiwala to (the promise of) Acche Din. A year on, writing a review of the Narendra Modi government's first 12 months is not easy.

Opinion: Modi vs the Gandhis on Land Reforms

Ashok Malik | Wednesday April 22, 2015

Modi sees the social impact and concurrence clauses in the UPA's Land Acquisition Act of 2013 as overdone and, in their current form, rendering meaningless any meaningful attempt to build industrial corridors and modern, urban economic agglomerations.