Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Vembu’s Reverse Braincall

One of India’s sharpest tech minds, Sridhar Vembu, has articulated what many in the country’s strategic and technological circles have long believed—but hesitated to say so bluntly. Coming in the backdrop of a US President dismissively calling India a “hellhole,” his appeal to the Indian diaspora in the United States to “come back home” is…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Kaleshwaram Collapse

If there is one constant in India’s political theatre, it is this: corruption scandals erupt with thunder, dominate headlines with moral outrage, and then quietly dissolve into procedural fog. The Kaleshwaram project—once showcased as an engineering triumph and later exposed as a multi-crore controversy—now risks becoming another case study in how India’s political class and…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

One Constitution, Equal Law

The latest hearings before the Constitution bench on the Sabarimala Temple entry case have once again exposed a fault line India has long refused to confront honestly: can a modern republic afford multiple, competing religious codes operating under the same Constitution? What began as a legal debate over women’s entry into the Sabarimala Temple has…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Quota Politics, Numbers Betrayed

The defeat of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha on Friday was not merely a legislative setback—it was a revealing moment of political priorities, contradictions, and calculated posturing. When a Constitution Amendment Bill aimed at ensuring greater representation for nearly half of India’s population fails to secure the mandated two-thirds majority, it exposes…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

TCS Love Jihad Exposed

What has exploded out of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Nashik unit is not merely a corporate scandal—it is a damning indictment of institutional apathy, systemic collapse, and a pattern of abuse that was conveniently dismissed for years as “propaganda” or “conspiracy.” Not anymore. The disturbing allegations—ranging from sexual harassment and rape to coercion and…

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