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Undercover wine tasters

It's a pity that good imported wines are so expensive in India

A victory for #MeToo

Harvey Weinstein's indictment is a landmark event for the #MeToo movement

Root poetry

Mohanty's book brings us to darkness and end, but gently

Best of BS Opinion: Understanding Budget policy, reform PSBs, and more

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

Best of BS Opinion: Why is it wrong to say Trump's visit has no substance?

Why has the global response to coronavirus been so uncertain? Is the point about a business having a higher social purpose real? Or is it management fluff?

Best of BS Opinion: Trump's India visit, unease of doing business, and more

The US president came and went. Apart from strengthening India-US relations, there isn't much to be enthused about

Best of BS Opinion: Deal activity in 2020, job slowdown, and more

Ways of selecting people for constitutional positions should be diversified

Best of BS Opinion: Coronavirus epidemic, climate-change impacts, and more

Can the coronavirus epidemic could lead to encouraging responses and who will succeed Aditya Puri

Balancing act: West Bengal BJP looks to blend ideology, governance agenda

The BJP in West Bengal is looking for a perfect blend of ideology and credible governance agenda

Congress in a spot as Scindia drifts away, MP unit's power struggle worsens

The state Congress unit, too, appears to be divided on the rift between the two heavyweights - some call it "pressure politics", while others feel Scindia is being sidelined.

Homecoming: 14 years on, Marandi is back in BJP as the party's tribal face

Marandi's party, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), merged itself with the BJP recently in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. On this occasion he acknowledged his debt to the BJP.

Five MoUs are under discussion with the US, says Raveesh Kumar

If you look at the intensity of ministry level exchanges, I think that is unprecedented. India-US, the two-plus-two dialogue, which took place in December last year, very successful outcome rich meeti

Best of BS Opinion: Trump's India visit, coronavirus outbreak, and more

Why aren't more economists coming back to put down roots in this country?

Change in the air

This is the largest single-owner sale of Indian modern art, but it is for reasons other than this historicity that it will be remembered

Deconstructing Mughal eras

According to Gandhi, Mughal royals such as Aurangzeb and Dara Shukoh have metamorphosed into myths in the popular imagination

When death do us part: AI-enabled immortality and the merits of letting go

There is something to be said about letting go

Cutting close to the bone

The Oscars are often like Nobel Peace prizes

Best of BS Opinion: Rocky road for highways, India's census, and more

The Budget contained no hint of the S-word and the looming crisis in the telecom industry over paying adjusted gross revenue dues is unlikely to help, nor will growing tax terrorism

Best of BS Opinion: What lessons can India learn from a buffalo race

Writers examine how to reform GST, the corporate sector's apolitical stance, Sebi's new rules for investment advisors and the draft pesticides Bill

Best of BS Opinion: Enmeshing of social and economic undercurrents

Dependence on the judiciary is mainly due to constituents of Indian society becoming more assertive and unable to evolve resolution mechanisms