Columnist-M.S.Shanker

AIMIM’s Victimhood Politics

There is something deeply disturbing about the manner in which certain political and religious groups rush to manufacture a narrative of “Muslim victimhood” every time a serious criminal allegation surfaces against an individual belonging to the community. Instead of allowing the law to take its course, the entire discourse is cleverly diverted toward “targeting Muslims,”…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Bharat’s Infra Transformation

For decades, Bharat was mocked as a nation where infrastructure projects moved more slowly than bureaucracy itself. Bridges took generations, highways remained trapped in files, airports resembled overcrowded bus stands, and railway stations became symbols of decay rather than progress. But something dramatic has changed in the last decade. Today, Bharat is not merely building…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Bengal Breaks the Shackles

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s spectacular victory in West Bengal is not merely an electoral triumph. It is a political earthquake that has redrawn the ideological map of eastern India and fulfilled a dream the party had pursued relentlessly for nearly two decades. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Mamata Must Face Justice

The people of West Bengal have delivered their verdict. In any functioning democracy, that verdict must be respected not selectively interpreted, emotionally resisted, or politically weaponised. If the reported trends and declared numbers indeed reflect a decisive rejection of the ruling dispensation, then the constitutional and moral obligation before outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Mann’s Reckless Denial

When a sitting Chief Minister trivialises a security breach involving twin blasts near a sensitive installation, it is not merely a lapse in judgment—it is a dereliction of constitutional duty. Bhagwant Mann has done precisely that. At a time when Punjab’s security architecture demands sobriety, clarity, and coordination, the Chief Minister chose deflection, dismissing the…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Modi’s Border Imperative

The dust has barely settled on the electoral victories, but governance does not afford the luxury of celebration. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the political mandate—especially in sensitive border states like West Bengal and Assam—must now translate into decisive administrative action. The next phase is not about winning elections; it is about securing India’s frontiers…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Bengal Buries TMC

The electoral map of India has been redrawn with a decisive stroke—and at its epicentre lies a political earthquake that has shattered Mamata Banerjee’s long-standing dominance in West Bengal. What was once considered an impregnable fortress of the All India Trinamool Congress has now been breached—decisively and perhaps irreversibly. The Bharatiya Janata Party crossing the…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

GST Windfall: Reform Paying Off

April’s record-breaking GST collection of ₹2.43 lakh crore—an 8.7% year-on-year surge—is not just a statistical milestone. It is a powerful signal that India’s tax architecture is stabilizing, formalizing, and delivering. For a system that was once dismissed by critics as overly complex and disruptive, this performance is a resounding rebuttal. At the heart of this…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Dhaka Dreads BJP Rule

When a sitting leader in Bangladesh’s Parliament publicly expresses fear of a “refugee crisis” if illegal immigrants are sent back from India, it is no longer just India’s internal political debate—it is an international admission of a festering problem. And more importantly, it is a damning exposure of what has been allowed, even encouraged, in…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Right Call Vindicated

Timing, in politics, is often everything. And the Centre’s decision to retain central armed police forces in West Bengal for 60 days after the Assembly elections is not just timely—it is, in many ways, a vindication of a position this e-papeer had already taken. In these very columns, we had argued that a token extension…

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