Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

When Monsoon Dictates Monetary Policy

There are years when economic growth dominates headlines, and there are years when uncertainty becomes the story itself. Going by the latest research report from State Bank of India (SBI), 2026 could well belong to the latter category. The message emerging from the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) minutes is unmistakable: policymakers…

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Pandora’s Collegium

The Supreme Court’s latest observation that “we don’t want to open a Pandora’s box with regard to the proceedings of the collegium” may have been made in the context of a Himachal Pradesh judicial officer challenging his non-elevation to the High Court. Yet, the statement has inadvertently reopened a much larger debate: if the collegium…

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Nation Set to Receive Good News Soon!

Indian politics is witnessing a fascinating churn. The once-rigid walls separating political parties are beginning to crack, regional satraps are reassessing their equations, and cross-party defections are creating a new parliamentary arithmetic that may soon deliver what many consider long-pending structural reforms for the nation. For the first time in years, there is a realistic…

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The Terrible Advance of Drona and the Delusion of Kaurava Confidence

Sanjaya spoke: O King Dhritarashtra, your forces, swelling with fervent zeal for battle and overflowing with pride, arrayed themselves in the mighty Śakata-vyūha, the formation shaped like a vast war-cart, resplendent with ornaments and the arrogance of power, as though eager to swallow the opposing host. Upon the right wing stood Jayadratha and Bhagadatta, supported…

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