Best of BS Opinion: Divided by a virus, the trouble with cities, and more

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

Read to know what has happened. Rather, what should have and should not have happened. Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up

One needs a coherent worldview for a given context (such as the pandemic), and clearly stated priorities that fit into it like a jigsaw. T N Ninan explains

The pandemic debate is all divided by ideology and top BJP leaders are exploiting a grave crisis in cynical political self-interest, says Shekhar Gupta. The result looks like nobody is in control

Cities, it is said, are the crucible of opportunity, the engine of progress. Yet they