M.S Shanker

Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

A Constitution Distorted

For Mallikarjun Kharge, the president of a collapsing Congress party, to declare that the BJP and RSS have “no respect for the Constitution” is not only ridiculous — it is laughable. A party that has spent decades twisting, tinkering, diluting, and weaponizing the Constitution for vote-bank politics now wants to lecture the nation on constitutional…

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Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

When the Seat of Learning Becomes a Conversion Ground: Jamia’s Chilling Question

Universities are often described as temples of learning, places where knowledge is pursued without fear, bias, or ideological coercion. They are meant to be sanctuaries for curiosity and intellectual freedom, not battlegrounds for religious indoctrination. Yet, recent revelations surrounding Jamia Millia Islamia raise an unsettling and unavoidable question: what happens when a seat of learning…

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Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

India’s Fighter Jet Crashes: Facts, Perspective, and the National Resolve We Cannot Afford to Lose

Every time an Indian military aircraft goes down—especially one built indigenously—a predictable chorus springs to life. The naysayers awaken, foreign arms lobbies turn hyperactive, and social-media warriors with little understanding of aviation technology rush to ridicule India’s capabilities. Worse, a private TV news channel promoter, who imagines himself an expert in all things under the…

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Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

Discipline the Disruptors

The recent remarks by PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti—calling the arrest of the Delhi blast accused an “insult to Kashmir”—are not merely irresponsible; they represent a deeper, systemic pattern of political destabilisation long practised by the Abdullahs, the Muftis and their national patron, the Congress. When a mainstream politician attempts to convert a counter-terror operation into…

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Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

Was Hasina’s Death Verdict Engineered?

The death sentence handed down to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) was expected, yet it has plunged the country into an even deeper political and moral crisis. What is unfolding in Dhaka is not merely a courtroom drama but a clash over legitimacy, accountability, and the very future…

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