Best of BS Opinion: Language of policy, cargo cult democracies, and more

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

It would be interesting to see how English and a modern outlook, which does not require English, cope in the age of the National Education Policy and the Ram Temple. Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up

The language of policy: English will continue to have its place in the corporate and financial worlds, in the higher courts, and for the foreseeable future as one of two official languages. Perhaps that is as it should be. T N Ninan says how  Read here

Shekhar Gupta says: The Modi government’s push for education in Indian languages is out of touch with reality  Read here

Devangshu Datta says more and more nations are becoming what can be described as “cargo cult” democracies, meaning democracies more in form than substance.  Read here

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The Ram temple will be a symbol of cultural nationalism in the country, which has been engulfed by an English mindset for long

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