Kanika Datta
 "Kanika Datta")
Kanika Datta
Kanika Datta is a former journalist with three decades of experience and has worked in various editorial capacities with Business Standard for most of her professional career. She is currently a consulting editor with the paper. She is an opinion writer and writes a monthly column titled Swot" that mostly focuses on the intersection of business and economic policy with society. She is a history graduate from Jadavpur University. Her other interests include keenly following sports from the armchair (especially football)
Kanika Datta is a former journalist with three decades of experience and has worked in various editorial capacities with Business Standard for most of her professional career. She is currently a consulting editor with the paper. She is an opinion writer and writes a monthly column titled Swot" that mostly focuses on the intersection of business and economic policy with society. She is a history graduate from Jadavpur University. Her other interests include keenly following sports from the armchair (especially football)
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Best of BS Opinion: J&K occupying public discourse, but what about economy?
The opinion pages set out some of the critical issues that policy-makers need to confront, says Kanika Datta
 "Best of BS Opinion: J&K occupying public discourse, but what about economy?")
Best of BS Opinion: Price cuts as good as tax cuts to boost a slow auto mkt
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
 "Best of BS Opinion: Price cuts as good as tax cuts to boost a slow auto mkt")
Best of BS Opinion: The legacy issues of PSBs, Apple's new bite and more
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
 "Best of BS Opinion: The legacy issues of PSBs, Apple's new bite and more")
Best of BS Opinion: Chandrayaan 2 is almost a metaphor for Indian economy
Chandrayaan 2, public sector bank mergers and climate change are the other topics opinion writers tackle on the opinion pages.
 "Best of BS Opinion: Chandrayaan 2 is almost a metaphor for Indian economy")
Best of BS Opinion: Crunch time on RCEP, 100 days of Modi 2.0, and more
Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day
 "Best of BS Opinion: Crunch time on RCEP, 100 days of Modi 2.0, and more")
Senior Business Standard journalist Dillip Satapathy passes away at 55
Dillip was a rare journalist who saw events up close, some of them not always savoury but none of this ever marred his equanimity or made him a cynic
 "Senior Business Standard journalist Dillip Satapathy passes away at 55")
The ascent of wealth creation
Narendra Modi's Independence Day statement in defence of wealth creators is a remarkable departure from the political rhetoric so far
 "The ascent of wealth creation")
Best of BS Opinion: Reality in J&K, breaking down companies, and more
Some 15,000 workers, mostly under the casual category, are out of work as auto-majors, from Tata Motors to Ashok Leyland, Hero Motocorp cut production in response to slowing demand, says Kanika Datta
 "Best of BS Opinion: Reality in J&K, breaking down companies, and more")
Best of BS Opinion: CDS is now a reality, Trump's deficit economy, and more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first Independence Day speech of his second term was a continuum of the national narrative he has articulated in his first term, says Kanika Datta
 "Best of BS Opinion: CDS is now a reality, Trump's deficit economy, and more")
Best of BS Opinion: Climate change, India's economic challenge, and more
From J&K to Indian economy, read best of Business Standard opinion here
 "Best of BS Opinion: Climate change, India's economic challenge, and more")
J&K: India Inc's premature exuberance
Since investment demands political and social stability, the Centre needs to offer investors something beyond heavy troop concentration
 "J&K: India Inc's premature exuberance")
The Da Vinci code to life
Book review of How to Think like Da Vinci
 "The Da Vinci code to life")
Dhirendra K Jha explains why the world of sadhus is an expanding enterprise
Jha has been a careful chronicler of the Hindutva project, putting in the slog of exhaustive ground reporting to write two well-received books
 "Dhirendra K Jha explains why the world of sadhus is an expanding enterprise")
India's China gap
Can India become the new factory to the world with the US-China trade war forcing manufacturers to look elsewhere?
 "India's China gap")
The insular world of Indian business
Nearly three decades after the shackles on competition were loosened, few Indian companies can be considered truly world class
 "The insular world of Indian business")
Pluralism lives
The past five years offer clues to why the answer can as well be no
 "Pluralism lives")
A 'heritage walk' reveals another fascinating side of Amritsar's history
Amritsar has a quaint and prosaic commercial history
 "A 'heritage walk' reveals another fascinating side of Amritsar's history")
Bootleg classics
Traditional publishers and authors might rail against this open violation of intellectual property rights, but many authors appreciate the compliment embedded in piracy
 "Bootleg classics")
Gender equality and the NDA paradox
In terms of women's empowerment, the Modi government has, on the whole, been active and practical
 "Gender equality and the NDA paradox")
In the mood with much fervour
Sloganeering-to-order has an unhappy history
 "In the mood with much fervour")