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Cyrus Mistry's ouster was Tata's biggest regret, says Thomas Mathew

Lunch with BS: "After Chandra took over as Tata Sons chairman, RNT would often say that there won't be noise anymore; there will be stability, there will be growth," says author of Ratan Tata: A Life

Best of BS Opinion: The push and pull in telecom, governance, and space

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

Best of BS Opinion: Why energy without direction won't lift AI, or trade

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

Best of BS Opinion: Trust, regulation, and the limits of one-handed claps

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

The legacy of Gauri Lankesh: A closer look through Rollo Romig's book

Using Gauri's murder as starting point, book discusses rising intolerance especially in terms of young men (and women) getting radicalised to hate without being open to understanding each other

Best of BS Opinion: Are we repeating the economic mistakes of the past?

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

Best of BS Opinion: How can government best deal with regulations

We look at today's editorial and opinions in the backdrop of regulatory perspectives across sectors such as markets, agriculture and banking

Best of BS Opinion: To understand MAGAnomics, one must go beyond economics

Today's columns encompass economics, politics, and cultural phenomena to bring you a rich mix of reading material.

Best of BS Opinion: Creative policymaking needed to resolve knotty issues

Policymaking must find simpler ways of resolving seemingly complex problems: such an approach frees up economic agents for productive activity

Truths about Savarkar: Arun Shourie's book is not a biography or analysis

In an early chapter of his book, indicatively titled "History is Made-Up", veteran editor and writer, Arun Shourie scrutinises an old speech/poetic recitation of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Best of BS Opinion: A Carpe Diem moment for Indian policymakers

The rapid growth of AI, success of mobile phone manufacturing, the index for states' fiscal health and labour shortages all point to opportunities for policymakers

Best of BS Opinion: Quality of spending matters more than the quantum

From education to PSUs to advertising to tariffs, how we address the quality of spending matters as much as the quantum of it

Amitava Kumar's The Green Book: A professor's ways of seeing the world

People who aspire to write their own book someday might want to take a cue from Dr Kumar's writerly routine

Best of BS Opinion: How India's renewable energy success turned sour

Today's pieces cover diverse topics: our editorials examine how India's renewable energy sector is now a victim of its own success, and ponder the government's inexplicable pause on privatisation.

Best of BS Opinion: Looking beyond boundaries in search of the better

In today's newsletter, we take a look at our opinion pieces through the idea of boundaries and limits, and how they may be applicable to understanding different issues

Best of BS Opinion: How AI, trade, and immigration generate conflict

From the use of AI in the military, to its use to generate unrest, from illegal human trafficking leading to conflict between allies, our columns today deal with the idea conflict

Best of BS Opinion: A lighter touch makes things easier all around

From the sight of chained and cuffed Indians to electoral campaign, to the regulatory space, our articles today argue that a light touch, firmly enforced, can go a long way

The Raj below the salt: Devasis Chattopadhyay's book brings history alive

A society's history isn't just about kings and conquerors - it's the people who shape the story

Best of BS Opinion: How policy moves can trigger a cascading effect

Our editorials and columns look at the consequences of policy actions, and how they can have far-reaching impacts

Best of BS Opinion: India must learn to negotiate its way across the world

With the world in rapid flux following the election of Donald Trump, India finds itself in uncharted waters, and needs to learn how to make deals that serve its interests to the fullest