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Lesson for India from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse

The rules of the games are not the same on the US and Indian banking turfs but if risks are mispriced, the fallout could be similar

Best of BS Opinion: Assessing contagion, losing political ground, and more

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Conglomerates, cronyism, brandless growth

It's good that cronyism is being debated robustly. But the much bigger failure of incredibly powerful, rich and successful conglomerates - Adani, Ambani, Tata- lies in India's fully brand-free growth

Losing political ground

After a brief interregnum in the Opposition, Devendra Fadnavis made a comeback last year, but things have gone from bad to worse since then

Woke versus anti-woke debate hots up

The latest candidate to throw his hat in the US presidential ring, Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy, is one of the most voluble antagonists on the anti-woke side

The Eliza effect

Humans have a habit of anthropomorphising everything, from computers to animals, cars, and even gods. This is dangerous

Best of BS Opinion: Non-essential curbs, the foreign hand, and more

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Fraternity, prosperity and polarisation

Economic stagnation is the advance payment for polarisation, which extracts a terrible price

The foreign hand

Leaders in trouble have often blamed the outside world

Best of BS Opinion: India's export cushion, import dependence, and more

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Best of BS Opinion: Policy dilemma, slide towards centralisation, and more

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India on top for Walmart, Apple sans brick & mortar

Both Apple and Walmart have been quite a political hot potato in India cutting across governments

Slide towards centralisation

China unveils a new government and an altered economic strategy

Best of BS Opinion: SVB collapse, the accidents have started, and more

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Best of BS Opinion: Real heroes of web revolution, power equations & more

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Best of BS Opinion: From debt to equity, a presidency in peril, and more

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A presidency in peril

From the point of view of India's chosen position as a bridge between West and East and between North and South, the inability to craft even a weak consensus as well as the Indonesians will be a worry

Dialogue inside-out

Any quest to explore our interconnectedness with fellow humans and other species is incomplete unless we try to understand and embrace our own selves

Let's talk about crime

If there's a spotlight focussed on crime -- or even on issues like poor public transport, or air pollution -- politicians feel impelled to do something about it

India's jalebi of friend & foe

Modi govt finds itself in a contradiction of its own making. It has encouraged pro-Russian, Westophobic public sentiment while setting strategic policy that's exactly the opposite