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India for the World

All governments must have their feet put to the fire regularly but do it fairly and use the same yardstick for India that you would use for other countries

Between extending lockdown and lifting it, India must walk the middle path

The lockdown has worked. But an overdose of it could kill through long-lasting side-effects. It should be systematically loosened or de-escalated

Best of BS Opinion: Covid-19, creating fiscal space for states, and more

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

Shekhar Gupta: The India-US nuclear deal of 2008 gave us six major gains

Why the India-US nuclear deal is the biggest achievement of the turnaround between the two countries. It also helped India's political economy by exposing and demolishing the Left

Shekhar Gupta: The craft of war

India can defeat Pakistan in less than a week. But first it should define victory, know when to declare it, have decisive conventional edge and stop flying MiG-21s

Modi govt is fighting with voters who backed him with passion: youth

Six months after returning to power with a huge mandate, Modi government is stuck fighting students - its most ardent voters who are now pessimistic, hopeless and even angry

Why the Congress needs to look at Indira and listen to Manmohan Singh

The Veer Savarkar issue has once again exposed confusion within the Congress. It needs to learn from Indira Gandhi's politics

Shekhar Gupta: Robbing the middle class to pay the poor?

The poor are fooled purely for their cheap thrills and entertainment, but the real joke is on the middle classes

Shekhar Gupta: A Shiv ji ki baraat without a groom

India is mushrooming with Deve Gowda wannabes because being a former prime minister is better than being a former chief minister

Shekhar Gupta: The Shankaracharyas of the Liberal Peeth

Liberalism is to not set rules for others and insist they be followed. If you do, then you're an Ayatollah, pontiff or Shankaracharya

Shekhar Gupta: How to lose your Kashmir & keep it too

It's not even about Kashmiri territory or Kashmiris, India or Pakistan. It's now Hindu versus Muslim and a lose-lose

Shekhar Gupta: Whispers in Despatches

In old power capitals, gossip and rumour are more convincing than fact. Durbari Delhi is no different