Best of BS Opinion: Ambition in a minefield, Schizophrenic BJP govt & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

T N Ninan, in the context of the recently announced monetisation plan, notes that the Modi government has embarked on an obviously sub-optimal course across a minefield. One could compliment it for undertaking the task regardless, and for setting itself up to be measured against stiff targets. But given the record of past blunders and under-achievements, the vulnerabilities of India’s eroded institutions and the manifest influence of stigmatised capital, what the country might get is yet another school for scandal. And, unlike in the original, not as a comedy. Read here

Long ago, George Bush said he would smoke the terrorists out of their holes. In Kabul, the only thing that’s been smoked out is Biden’s true form, writes Shekhar Gupta here

TCA Srinivasa-Raghavan writes that the Indian economy has, contrary to what many believe, actually been handled well during this pandemic. Read here

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