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Best of BS Opinion: Functional social democracy, farmers' protest, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinions for Saturday

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Rajesh Kumar
Business Standard opinion pieces for the day talk about political-economic systems in Indian, and Punjab politics. 

If India is to be a functioning social democracy, it has to stop practising state capitalism while creating a disciplined tax system and reining in corporate power, writes T N Ninan

Whether farmers have been a net gainer after their agitation in Delhi, it is hard to tell. But the one person holding laddoos in both hands as he smiles is Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, writes Aditi Phadnis

Is there such a thing as too much democracy? The history of