Best of BS Opinion: Mosques in the rear-view mirror, Covid-19 crisis & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

The Varanasi court order permitting an Archaeological Survey of India study of the Gyanvapi mosque side to determine if it had been superimposed after demolishing the Kashi Vishwanath Temple looks like a sequel to the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid story, which was supposed to bring closure to the masjid-mandir controversies in the country. This time, though, the controversy has been launched judicially. Spending too much time looking at the past is a recipe for disaster, Shekhar Gupta points out. Read it here
 

Here is a round-up of other views on the opinion page this weekend:
 

More than a year after WHO raised the pandemic alarm, we have a body of evidence of how countries dealt with the threat. India remains at the bottom of the pile in terms of economic loss, writes Devangshu Datta. Read it here