Best of BS Opinion: Power paradox, rise of digital humanities, and more

Here are the top BS Opinion articles of the day

The first edit says rationalising power rates is essential to ensure discoms’ survival. The second edit appreciates the work of the All India Chess Federation in organising the Olympiad.

Ajit Balakrishnan explores the use of digital methods in humanities and why it will bring about a revolution in the study of history and cultural studies.

Tamal Bandyopadhyay roots for a 50 basis point hike in the RBI’s repo rate.

Debashis Basu looks at why human minds are not conditioned to looking at markets in ways desirable.

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The money (recovered) is not mine.

 

Sacked West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, on the Enforcement Directorate’s seizure of cash