Best of BS Opinion: Why the passenger matters, Unsecured risk & more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

Positive regulation in one instance and no regulation at all in another. And the sordid face of an aspect of India’s development story. For today

Whether we like it or not, there is stress in the space of unsecured borrowers, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay. The regulator has not kept its eyes closed to the warning signals … But one is just curious about the timing of raising the capital provisioning.

Debashis Basu cites the case of Sahara as an example of letting down investors along with regulatory failure

Mihir S Sharma makes a case for improving the lives of the migrant labour --- whether through a better railway system or housing 

 

The first edit sounds cautious on growth in personal loans. The second edit sees merit in direct-to-mobile technology
 

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Dear Team India, your talent and determination through the World Cup was noteworthy. You've played with great spirit and brought immense pride to the nation

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Indian cricket team’s World Cup final defeat

 

I wasn’t invited there (to see the World Cup final). They didn’t call me so I did not go ... sometimes they forget

 

Kapil Dev, who led India to World Cup victory in 1983