M.S Shanker

Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

Who’ll Split Whose Votes?

Why Bihar’s Minority Math May Seal NDA’s Fate — Not INDIA’s As Bihar heads toward its crucial assembly polls, all eyes are on the state’s most unpredictable vote bank — the 18% Muslim electorate. The battle lines are drawn, alliances are firm, and the question echoing through Patna’s humid air is deceptively simple: Who’ll split…

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Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

Lordships Need Introspection

When the news broke that a Delhi High Court judge’s residence had turned into a vault of burnt currency, India didn’t just see a fire—it saw the moral decay of an institution once revered as the last bastion of integrity. Instead of ordering a police investigation, the Chief Justice of India chose an “internal inquiry”….

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Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

NDA’s Bihar Comeback Looks Unstoppable

Bihar’s political script for 2025 seems to be writing itself — and the ending increasingly appears to favour the NDA. While confusion and friction continue to dominate the Congress-led INDI alliance, the Nitish Kumar–Narendra Modi combine has already moved into campaign overdrive with clarity, coordination, and confidence. The contrast could not be starker. On one…

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Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

Pessimists’ Nightmare, Nationalists’ Pride

It’s almost amusing how a certain breed of self-styled defence experts in India—perpetual cribbers and professional pessimists—find comfort in running down their own country’s military progress. Every indigenous success, every technological leap, every global acknowledgment of India’s growing might is met with skepticism, sarcasm, or silence. For them, the glass is never half full—it’s broken….

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Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

India’s Silent Surge in Modern Warfare

HAL’s Rise from Criticism to Cutting-Edge Innovation For decades, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was the easy punchline in India’s defence circles — a lumbering public sector giant accused of inefficiency, delays, and technological stagnation. Defence analysts routinely derided it as a relic of the license-raj era, incapable of producing world-class aircraft despite decades of government…

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