Curated Content

Kuku Technologies plans 1,000 hires for AI-powered content production

The mobile-content company is building an AI-native production unit to cut costs and accelerate the creation of micro-dramas for India and global markets

Best of BS Opinion: Symptoms demand attention, solutions require diagnosis

A military strike is mistaken for strategy, even when no one has planned what comes next

Best of BS Opinion: Durable progress depends on systems that work

Numbers, brands and ideas may all signal progress, but it's systems, these pieces tell us, that actually decide the durability of progress

Best of BS Opinion: Buffers cannot carry a system forever

As these pieces tell us, stability will not come from stockpiles, settlements, symbolic defences or inherited structures alone. It will come from the capacity to adapt when old buffers no longer hold

Best of BS Opinion: Power without guardrails becomes a risk

Power needs limits, markets need protection, development needs ecological restraint, capital narratives need scrutiny, and technology needs human oversight

Best of BS Opinon: Policy credibility needs coherence, not action alone

Institutions build trust, these pieces show, not by doing more, but by making their actions add up

Best of BS Opinion: Quick fixes cannot substitute for structural reform

We see a pattern in messages across these pieces: Temporary management can buy time, but durable change needs structural reform

YouTube updates channel monetisation rules after 8 years: What's changing

YouTube will raise the bar for new creators joining its Partner Program from February 2027, requiring 8,000 watch hours or 20 million Shorts views to qualify for ad and Premium revenue sharing

Best of BS Opinion: Systems must build safeguards before crises hit

Weak measurement systems distort markets before trust breaks down. Artificial intelligence raises human questions long before the technology becomes impossible to govern

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: Durable progress depends on distributed capacity

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

Best of BS Opinion: Competitiveness is built by openness and clarity

Whether in retail, football, industry, capital flows or public finance, the systems that win are those willing to open up, disclose more, compete harder and adapt faster

Best of BS Opinion: The missing links beyond visible progress

Visible progress matters, as these pieces show, but missing links decide how far it can go

Best of BS Opinion: When context changes, playbooks must change too

A film campaign could once move from trailer to teaser to release and hope for the best. A brand could once follow global formulas and expect Indian consumers to adapt

Best of BS Opinion: Credibility comes at a price

It is a willingness to pay the price of transparency, enforcement and long-term responsibility

Best of BS Opinion: The core must evolve before the moment passes

A brand that survives for decades does so not by freezing itself in the past, but by refreshing its meaning without losing its core

Best of BS Opinion: Trust is not a mood; it's a design problem

Artificial intelligence cannot be trusted merely because capital is rushing towards it. Financial boards need independence, not old habits of patronage

Best of BS Opinion: Design must meet reality to survive

Good design begins with ambition, but survives only when it meets reality

Best of BS Opinion: Test of system is what it produces, not what it claims

The official story is rarely enough. To understand whether a system works, one must look not at what it claims to do, but at what it produces

Best of BS Opinion: Doors matter, but design matters more

Access can create opportunity, but lasting progress depends on the rules, incentives and capabilities that determine how those opportunities unfold