What if it’s a small b, or a small b as stock markets see it? What would CNBC or most other channels do? News TV crushed by the lack of in-your-face policy drama in a budget can be a fascinating sight. The anger! The pain! Monday, Big B or small b, should be fun.

PS: One of the most remarkable TV interviews I have come across: CNN-IBN quizzing M.S. Liberhan on his Ayodhya report. The report is sealed, of course. CNN-IBN to Liberhan: has Advani not been directly held responsible. Liberhan: No comment. CNN-IBN: Has Murli Manohar Joshi been held responsible. Liberhan: No comment. And so it went. Why should you expect the head of an inquiry commission who has submitted a sealed report to the government to reveal his findings on evening news?

saubhik.chakrabarti@expressindia.com