The Repo Rate Hike: Inflation Gave the Cover, the Rupee Gave the Reason

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SumanSpeaks Independent Capital Markets & Geopolitical Intelligence RBI Policy Decoded The Repo Rate Hike: Inflation Gave the Cover, the Rupee Gave the Reason The RBI raised the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50 percent on 7 October 2026. With the rupee at ₹96.78 to the dollar, the Fed at 3.75–4.00 percent and bank credit growing near 18 percent, the fuller story is bigger than August CPI of 4.8 percent. The Reserve Bank of India raised the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50 percent on 7 October 2026. It is the first hike since February 2023, and the stance has moved from neutral to calibrated tightening. The rate decision was unanimous. The Governor cited inflation. The Monetary Policy Committee said the inflation outlook is no longer as comfortable as it was last year, and near-term rate cuts were taken off the table. That is the official story, and it is not wrong. But it is incomplete. Look at what surrounds the decision: a rupee near its record...
Music In Bengal: weekend reading:

Music has a distinct place in the cultural life of Bengal.Besides Bishnupur Gharana ,and the folk songs of Bengal like Baul,Bhatiali, Jari gan, Sari gan, Alkaph etc.there exist different style of Bangla vocal music .viz. Kirtan , Tappa, Thumri. Above all, Bengali music has been enriched by the composition and music of Rabindranath, Nazrul, Atulprasad, Ramprasad Dwijendralal and Rajanikanta wich are popoularly known as Rabindrasangeet, Nazrul geeti, Atulprasadi, Ramprasadi, Dwijendra geeti and Rajanikanter gan respectively. Tagore alone composed 3000 songs in which he tried to explore the themes of or relating to religion or religious belief and also themes relating to divine and human love. Tagore’s songs earned a good deal of appreciation among the people in the West and they remain extremely popular among all classes of Bengali society. Some of the greatest musicians of Bengal are the following: a) Shri Lalon Shah Fakir b) Shri Jyan Prakash Ghose c) Baba Alauddin Khan [He was an East Bengal Muslim, with little or no musical background and is considered to be the first Bengali Sarod guru]. d) Pt. Ali Akbar Khan[ He is presently residing in the US] d) Pt. Ravi Shankar[ He is son-in-law of Baba Alauddin Khan as he married his daughter Ms Annapurna Devi] e) Pt. Nikhil Banerjee f) Pt. Vilayat Khan g) Pt. Gopeshwar Banerjee h) Shri Hemanta Mukherjee (Hemant Kumar) i) Sri Manna Dey j) Mr. Kumar Sanu (Kedar Bhattacherjee) k) Pt. Shankar Ghose l) Pt. Swapan Choudhury m) Pt. Kumar Bose n) Pt. Jayanta Bose (It is difficult to find his competitor in India in the Harmonium) o) Shri Amar Paul( The famous Country-song-singer, from East Bengal now living in Kolkata) p) Pt. Anindo Chatterjee, [ He is famous after Pt. Samta Prasad of Benaras Gharana, for the rendetions of "Dhere Dhere" "bol bani" on the Tabla] q) Ms. Sandhya Mukherjee

r) Shri Manabendra Mukherjee, etc.

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