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Best of BS Opinion: Fireworks are here, but lighting candles is important

Announcements in dribs and drabs, rather than all in one go, are fraught with risk

Art, the artist and her body

Transposed on her body, the city is at once familiar and alien, drawing the strings on its multi-layered freedoms and repressions

Tennis partners

What tennis offers is an escape, a retreat from the world, a forgetting. And what about this world, at this time, is worth remembering?

Best of BS Opinion: Seeking foreign partners, easing FDI norms and more

The most successful Indian firms are seeking out foreign partners, but this time the deals are qualitatively different

Best of BS Opinion: Data law, poor logic behind price control and more

Data is personal, and it shouldn't be used without the informed consent of individuals

Best of BS Opinion: How govt should use RBI payout, G7's relevance and more

Finance Minister's stimulus measures and the RBI's decision to transfer about Rs 1.76 trillion to the government have spurred the markets

Best of BS Opinion: Job crisis in rural India and need for peace in Kashmir

Rural India is witnessing the highest labour participation rate in over a year, but it is not finding jobs

Best of BS Opinion: Arun Jaitley's legacy, impact of stimulus and more

An appraisal of Arun Jaitley's contributions, a review of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's stimulus measures, and a call for improving data collection.

Best of BS Opinion: No room for optimism as history snaps at our heels

It is not just that politics and economics are at war. History is always snapping at our heels

The new Adidas Ozweego, a retro sneaker with an eye on the future

The latest 'dad sneaker' by Adidas perfectly fuses retro elements with a brilliant futuristic design, says Dhruv Munjal

Decoding the bill on surrogacy

There are no easy answers to whether outlawing commercial surrogacy is right or wrong in a country like India, where many impoverished women see it as a way to fulfil a financial goal

The limitations of government

For the most part, the idea that government of a particular type or led by a particular individual can produce magic is misplaced

Top of the second label

Every Premiere Cru estate has second label, produced from grapes adjudged not sufficiently high quality for their flagship wine, whose wine quality is marginally lower, & is priced at a third or less

Nostalgia unlimited

What one encounters in this slim volume is rare for a first book - a mature style, a confident voice, none of the fumbles of a younger poet's first book

Bob Dylan, clinical displays of genius and the case for not knowing

The performers who sparkle more than Dylan all happen to be women

Best of BS Opinion: When times are tough and there's no good news in sight

We seem to be regressing in various respects. Sometimes to the extent that seemingly good steps are being viewed with suspicion, says Uddalok Bhattacharya

Best of BS Opinion: Wealth creation, auto slowdown and plastic waste woes

From fixing the demand slump to unleashing a micro-loan revolution in the country and Vodafone's India woes, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Best of BS Opinion: Non-functioning tribunals, fearful execs and a slowdown

There is a slowdown, leading to low revenue growth. That's upsetting India Inc's plans, resulting in friction with the tax department, says Uddalok Bhattacharya

Best of BS Opinion: Chief of defence staff's role, bond market, and more

The creation of the post of chief of defence staff is in harmony with the nationalist surge

A case for surrogacy

India's image as a 'baby factory' seems to have directed the Indian government's move for the surrogacy Bill