Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Pull Back, Trump

Donald Trump stormed back into the White House with the promise of restoring America’s pride and power. His second innings was expected to be more seasoned, less erratic, and better grounded in the realities of global geopolitics. Instead, what we are witnessing is the opposite—an American President who seems intent on undoing his own credibility,…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Mamata’s Slurs Shame Democracy

There is a difference between fiery political rhetoric and outright indecency. Sadly, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seems incapable of recognising it. By repeatedly calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party “chor” (thief), she has crossed not just the line of political propriety but also trampled over the dignity of the constitutional office…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

India’s SCO Triumph

Who still dares to call India’s foreign policy a failure? Only the willfully blind or the intellectually dishonest. The latest summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has once again demonstrated how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomacy is rewriting the rules of global engagement. The joint declaration signed at the summit carries unprecedented weight. For…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Irony of Two Democracies

Democracy is the word both India and the United States love to brandish. Yet, while one lives and breathes it in all its messy, vibrant glory, the other often reduces it to a mask hiding the concentration of power. India, for all its imperfections, remains the largest and most participatory democracy on earth. America, despite…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Unstoppable Modi’s India

For 140 crore Indians, the latest economic forecast is a reason to smile. For the Indian Opposition, particularly the Congress, it is a reason to sulk. After all, what will they peddle now? Their favorite pastime has been parroting whatever nonsense Donald Trump blurts out — from the absurd claim that he “stopped” a war…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Trump’s Tariff Self-Goal

When history remembers Donald Trump, it won’t be for his hollow slogan of “America First” but for “America Alone.” His latest move—a reckless 50 percent tariff slapped on Indian exports—reeks less of economic strategy and more of a petulant tantrum. Ironically, as India celebrates Vinayaka Chaturthi, Trump’s tariff war takes effect. What he fails to…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

India’s AI Awakening

For decades, the skies have been America’s private theatre. Its satellites, circling silently above, weren’t just tools of science—they were instruments of dominance. Washington could peer into battlefields, track adversaries, and even monitor “allies,” confident that no one dared challenge its celestial monopoly. India, like most nations, was expected to quietly endure. That era is…

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