Opinion Specials

Best of BS Opinion: Inflation projections demand monetary tightening

Today's opinions examine the RBI's inflation dilemma, rising life insurance surrenders, India's employment crisis, possible UPI charges and the shift from food to nutrition security

Best of BS Opinion: India must align ESG disclosures with global standards

Today's opinions examine PVC import restrictions, India's judicial backlog, reforms to ESG disclosures, digital inequalities in Neet and what Google searches reveal about society

Best of BS Opinion: Institutions must make room for today's world

From exports and AI to urban livelihoods and geopolitics, India's institutions must adapt to new realities shaping the economy and society

Best of BS Opinion: Resilience needs many moving parts to work together

From monetary policy and aviation to foreign investment, climate action and public health, today's editorials examine why complex challenges need coordinated solutions

Best of BS Opinion: What the Gen Z protests tell us beyond the headlines

Today's Best of BS Opinion examines Gen Z protests, elite alienation, Krishna Byre Gowda's governance record in Karnataka, and the risks of performative brand activism

Best of BS Opinion: Investors are finally reassessing AI valuations

From the correction in AI stocks and environmental clearance rules to ecommerce reform, exam paper leaks and a critique of technology, desire and patriarchy

Best of BS Opinion: States must reduce debt in face of redemption pressures

From mounting state debt and agricultural research to public asset monetisation, China-linked investment and Tim Berners-Lee's vision for reclaiming the open web

Best of BS Opinion: India must avoid digital tariffs despite WTO rule lapse

From India's digital trade strategy and autonomous AI risks to youth employment, the rupee's stability and the evolution of the Chinese Communist Party, here are today's top Opinion pieces.

Best of BS Opinion: The real meaning of systems lies beneath the surface

Systems cannot be understood by labels alone, show these pieces. Their real meaning lies in the roots, networks and relationships beneath the surface

Best of BS Opinion: Systems earn trust by holding up when tested

From US tariffs and exam reforms to welfare, governance and democracy, today's editorials examine how institutions earn public trust by adapting under pressure

Best of BS Opinion: Nationwide youth protests push govt on to the backfoot

Shyam Saran and Shekhar Gupta examine the crisis in education, R Gopalakrishnan calls for a new enterprise model, and Devangshu Datta weighs social media age bans

Best of BS Opinion: Reviving 1991 reform spirit vital for India's growth

Today's Best of BS Opinion examines lessons from the 1991 reforms, safeguards for offline UPI, enterprise digital infrastructure, state capacity and the costs of children growing up online

Best of BS Opinion: State reforms key to improve India's investment climate

From state-level investment reforms and food safety enforcement to next-generation FTAs, corporate living wills and a Tibetan memoir, here are today's top BS Opinion pieces

Best of BS Opinion: India's foreign exchange strategy needs stable capital

From forex inflows and examination reform to FPI policy, rupee depreciation and behavioural science, today's Best of BS Opinion examines India's key policy choices

Best of BS Opinion: Durable progress depends on distributed capacity

Top-down ambition, these pieces show, may set the direction, but durable progress depends on distributed capacity

Access only begins the story; capability decides what comes next

From electronics and trade to global influence and forestry, today's opinion pieces argue that access creates opportunity, but capability determines lasting success

Best of BS Opinion: Does corporate power now rival state power globally?

From Big Tech's growing influence and Sharad Pawar's political calculus to the Congress' future and the rise of storyselling, here are today's top Opinion pieces.

Best of BS Opinion: New urea policy skirts fertiliser subsidy reform

From fertiliser subsidies and Russian oil tariffs to regulatory independence, rural water reforms and the politics of interfaith marriage, here are today's top Opinion pieces.

Best of BS Opinion: Dixon-Vivo joint venture hints at pragmatic approach

New services production index, a shift on Chinese investment, farmer-led agricultural reform, city labour markets and life under siege in Iran feature in today's Best of BS Opinion.

Best of BS Opinion: Oil and monsoon will drive RBI's inflation debate

Today's opinions analyse inflation risks, education quality, AI's impact on jobs, China's economic influence and how nutrition can help improve healthy ageing