Author: Sanjay Shah

Union Budget 2026 one rupee breakdownBy Sanjay Shah  Every Budget boils down to one basic question that every household asks quietly: sarkar ka paisa aata kahan se hai, aur kharch hota kahan hai? Behind all the speeches and headlines lies simple arithmetic. The central government earns one rupee. Then it decides how to spend that rupee. The Union Budget 2026-27, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1, 2026, gives a clear picture of those choices. Total expenditure is estimated at ₹53.5 lakh crore. Total receipts, excluding borrowings, are estimated at around ₹36.5 lakh crore. The gap is…

By Sanjay Shah  Budget day always brings drama, but Sunday, February 1, 2026, turned into a full-blown storm. Sensex crashed over 1,500 points in the special session, closing down 1,547 at 80,723. Nifty shed nearly 500 points to end at 24,825. This was one of the worst Budget-day performances in six years. Traders were stunned. Brokers panicked. Social media was filled with angry posts. But why exactly did the market react so sharply? Let us break it down logically, without hype. The main trigger was clear. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on futures and options.…

The Union Budget 2026 arrived with predictable noise. Big numbers. Big intent. Big claims. As always, the first few hours were spent decoding what the government said it wanted to do. The more important question, however, is quieter and more uncomfortable. What does this Budget actually change for the economy, for businesses, and for ordinary people who are juggling EMIs, school fees, fuel bills, and uncertain incomes? This Budget does not feel dramatic. It does not shock. It does not radically disappoint either. Instead, it sits somewhere in the middle. Careful. Calculated. At times cautious to a fault. At times…

By Sanjay Shah The Modi government’s latest Union Budget, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, accords tourism a more prominent role in India’s economic strategy than it has received in recent years. Travel is no longer viewed merely as a seasonal pursuit or a promotional exercise. Instead, the Budget treats it as an integrated system that links skills development, transport, ecology, healthcare, culture, and digital infrastructure. Even as a statement of intent, this shift merits close attention. Tourism in India has long occupied an uneasy position. It is celebrated in speeches and promoted as soft power, yet sustained policy attention…

अरिजीत ने लगभग सवा सौ अवॉर्ड जीते हैं। सबसे बड़ा अवॉर्ड तो जनप्रेम है। नाक चढ़ाकर नए गायकों को आंकने वाले अधिकांश लोग-आलोचक भी अरिजीत के प्रति सकारात्मक राय रखते हैं। संजय विनयचंद्र शाह 2005 में ‘फेम गुरुकुल’ के फाइनलिस्ट से करोड़ों दिलों में अचल स्थान बनाने में अरिजीत सिंह को एक दशक से कम समय लगा। इतने कम समय में उन्होंने लंबी सफर तय की। ईमानदारी से कहें तो, उनके सामने अभी बहुत लंबी यात्रा बाकी है। फिर भी, मात्र 38 वर्ष की उम्र में अरिजीत ने प्लेबैक सिंगिंग की दुनिया को ‘बस’ कह देने की घोषणा कर दी…

Arijit has won more than 125 awards. Yet the biggest award remains the love of the people. Even most critics and ordinary listeners who tend to look down their noses at new singers hold a positive view of Arijit Sanjay Vinaychandra Shah From being a finalist on ‘Fame Gurukul’ in 2005 to securing an unshakable place in the hearts of crores, Arijit Singh took less than a decade. In a short span, he cultivated a long journey, and honestly speaking, a far longer road still lies ahead of him. Yet, at just 38, Arijit has declared ‘enough’ to the world…

અરિજિત ઓલમોસ્ટ સવાસો એવોર્ડ્સ જીત્યો છે. સૌથી મોટો એવોર્ડ લોકચાહના છે. નાકનું ટીચકું ચડાવીને નવા ગાયકોને મૂલવનારા લોકો-વિવેચકો સુધ્ધાં અરિજિત માટે પોઝિટિવ મંતવ્ય ધરાવે છે સંજય વિનયચંદ્ર શાહ 2005માં ફેમ ગુરુકુળના ફાઇનલિસ્ટથી કરોડો હૃદયમાં અચળ સ્થાન બનાવતાં અરિજિત સિંઘે એક દાયકાથી ઓછો સમય લીધો. ટૂંકા ગાળામાં એણે લાંબી સફ ખેડી અને પ્રામાણિકતા સાથે કહીએ તો, એની સામે હજી તો બહુ લાંબી સફર છે. અરિજિતે, તેમ છતાં, માત્ર 38ની ઉંમરે, પ્લેબેક સિંગંગની દુનિયાને આવો કહે દેવાની ઘોષણા કરી છે. અને બોલો! એણે આવડી પ્રભાવશાળી કારકિર્દીમાં હજી તો હજારથી ઓછાં (800 આસપાસ, પાકો અંદાજ માંડીએ તો) ગીતો માટે કંઠ આપ્યો છે. બીજા…

મહારાષ્ટ્રની રાજનીતિના અટપટા ગણિતમાં અજિત અનંતરાવ પવાર જેટલા અનિવાર્ય, વિવાદાસ્પદ અને અકલ્પનીય હદે અસરકારક રાજકારણીઓ ઓછા જોવા મળ્યા છે. બુધવારે સવારે બારામતી એરપોર્ટ નજીક તેમનું ચાર્ટર્ડ લિયરજેટ વિમાન દુર્ઘટનાગ્રસ્ત થયાના સમાચાર સાથે રાજ્યમાં જાણે ધરતીકંપ આવ્યો. વિમાનમાં સવાર પાંચેય લોકોનાં મૃત્યુ થયા એ વાત વાયુવેગે પર્સરી ગઈ. એ સાથે દુઃખની લહેરો સાથે સર્વત્ર અવિશ્વાસ પણ પ્રસરી ગયો. આ રીતે અજિતદાદા ના જઈ શકે, ક્યારેય નહીં, એવી લાગણી પરાકાષ્ઠાએ પહોંચી ગઈ. તત્ક્ષણ જાણે મંત્રાલયમાં ફાઇલો અટકી પડી. તમામ પક્ષોના કાર્યાલયોમાં ફોન વાગતા રહ્યા, પશ્ચિમ મહારાષ્ટ્રમાં તો પહેલી પ્રતિક્રિયા આઘાતની નહીં પરંતુ સૌને અસ્વસ્થ બનાવતી, ચીરી નાખતી શાંતિની ફેલાઈ ગઈ. અજિતદાદા નથી…

In the unforgiving arithmetic of Maharashtra politics, few figures were as indispensable, as resented, and as ruthlessly effective as Ajit Anantrao Pawar. When news broke on Wednesday morning that his chartered Learjet had crashed near Baramati airport, killing all five on board, disbelief travelled faster than grief. In Mantralaya, files stopped moving. In party offices, phones rang without answers. Across western Maharashtra, the first reaction was not shock, but a quieter, more unsettling realisation. Ajit Dada is gone. The man who made governments hold. The man who made rebellions dissolve. The man who understood where power actually lived. Maharashtra had…

For most Indians, the idea of cloning a pet still sounds like something out of a science fiction film or a foreign celebrity magazine. Dogs and cats, in this country, are traditionally adopted, rescued, gifted, or found, rarely “replicated”. Yet across parts of the world, a quiet but growing industry promises grieving pet owners something deeply emotional and profoundly unsettling: a genetic copy of the animal they have lost. Pet cloning is no longer theoretical. It exists. It is legal in several countries. It is expensive, controversial, emotionally charged, and scientifically real. This article explains pet cloning from A to…