Best of BS Opinion: Maharajah's airs and graces, stimulus package & more

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

The counter-factual gap between the cost of the pandemic and a higher damage it might have entailed is worth accounting for. Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up
 

The pandemic is not as bad as the 2008-09 global downturn. T T Ram Mohan says why
 

If generosity is Britain’s astute response to the pandemic, India’s is to cut corners and rake in easy profits. Read about Sunanda K Datta-Ray’s experience on an Air India flight
 

OUR EDIT SAYS: The fresh stimulus package should help boost sentiment

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It is surprising that the NDA got only 12,270 votes more than Mahagathbandhan, and yet managed to win 15 more seats

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav