Opinion Specials

Best of BS Opinion: Why AI should worry us more than nuclear weapons

Today's opinions examine AI as a global security and jobs risk, Kerala's new government, India's vulnerabilities within Brics and the valuation challenge in family-business succession.

Best of BS Opinion: India must address trade barriers, open up for business

Today's opinions examine India's trade barriers, satellite spectrum pricing, CEO succession, the liquidity challenge from FCNR(B) inflows and Brics' evolving global role

Best of BS Opinion: India must again prepare for higher oil prices

Today's opinions examine rising oil risks, the balance between pharmaceutical innovation and affordability, Karnataka's uneven growth, women-focused welfare and misinformation

Best of BS Opinion: Government must get real on spending

Today's opinions examine India's critical-minerals strategy, FSSAI's food-warning labels, Budget discipline, the RBI's dollar-rupee swaps and lessons from industrial policy

Best of BS Opinion: Rules that read well vs those that work

Good rules matter only when they work in practice, from regulation and governance to business and public services

Best of BS Opinion: Symptoms demand attention, solutions require diagnosis

A military strike is mistaken for strategy, even when no one has planned what comes next

Best of BS Opinion: India's tightrope walk on the dollar, BRICS finance

Today's opinions examine India's cautious move away from dollar dependence, questions around the new GDP series, middle-class anger over ethanol-blended petrol and the societal risks posed by AI.

Best of BS Opinion: Rising bond yields can lead to unwanted risks

Today's opinions examine rising global borrowing costs, Lionel Messi's longevity, governance in financial institutions, foreign investment risks in strategic startups and a new book of essays

Best of BS Opinion: External, financial sectors need sustained engagement

Today's opinions examine India's external vulnerabilities, SCO diplomacy, the limits of industrial policy, governance questions at Tata Sons and lessons from five decades of Indian advertising

Best of BS Opinion: TCS acquisition highlights changing dynamics in AI era

Today's opinions examine TCS' AI-era dealmaking, Himalayan climate risks, women's unpaid burden in livestock, India's water use and private equity's growing role in healthcare

Best of BS Opinion: Durable progress depends on systems that work

Numbers, brands and ideas may all signal progress, but it's systems, these pieces tell us, that actually decide the durability of progress

Best of BS Opinion: Buffers cannot carry a system forever

As these pieces tell us, stability will not come from stockpiles, settlements, symbolic defences or inherited structures alone. It will come from the capacity to adapt when old buffers no longer hold

Best of BS Opinion: Modinomics vs Manmohanomics is not a zero sum game

Today's opinions examine P Chidambaram's critique of the Modi government's economic record, the CJP's political dilemma, Imran Khan's global support and the changing advertising landscape

Best of BS Opinion: India needs outcome-linked policy measures for jobs

Today's opinions examine India's skilling and employment mismatch, BIS certification reform, outcome-linked training, Colgate's D2C experiment and a new history of the East India Company.

Best of BS Opinion: Sustainable strategy needed for sugar and ethanol

Today's Best of BS Opinion examines rising sugar prices, AI-led credit assessment, global trade dualism, mounting US fiscal risks and China's reshaping of collective memory.

Best of BS Opinion: Limits of 'Economic D-Day' lie at China's gates

Today's Best of BS Opinion examines US sanctions on Iran, H1N1 risks, aviation regulation, hard-to-abate sector transition plans and India's software product journey.

Best of BS Opinion: Building stronger foundations for durable growth

Durable growth depends not just on expansion but on stronger foundations across telecom, education, energy, skilling and institutions

Best of BS Opinion: Power without guardrails becomes a risk

Power needs limits, markets need protection, development needs ecological restraint, capital narratives need scrutiny, and technology needs human oversight

Best of BS Opinion: Asim Munir, power, and paranoia

Today's opinions examine the Saudi-Turkiye-Pakistan defence pact, leadership challenges at the Tata group, Asim Munir's growing powers and the political potency of negative branding

Best of BS Opinion: RBI rate hike only a matter of time as inflation looms

Today's opinion pieces examine the RBI's policy outlook, weaknesses in public examinations, state capacity, India's infrastructure financing gap and Omer Bartov's critique of Israel