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Finding Nellie's smoking gun

How a policeman's wireless message that could have saved 3,000 lives, but was ignored and covered up, was uncovered

Will a new, improved Coke Studio succeed?

Unlike Coke Studio Pakistan, the Indian format has struggled to make an impact. Its challenge will be to drum up some good music

A 'truth' waiting to be told

An interesting chapter has opened in the early-morning swearing-in of Devendra Fadnavis as Maharashtra chief minister in 2019. One thing is clear, somebody is being economical with truth

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The long run vs the short run

There are no easy solutions to two important debates of our times-sustainable development and the basic structure of the Constitution, but the guiding principles are clear

Freedom and the big freeze

When it becomes clear that criticism is difficult without trouble, the circle of one's freedom of expression shrinks

Bipolar nature of city planning

Private clauses, like those for balcony dimensions, building setbacks etc, are highly overstretched

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Best of BS Opinion: Inflation surprise, lessons from Ukraine war & more

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Best of BS Opinion: Unmet needs in telecom, activity in IT sector & more

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What Hindenburg has got wrong

It is hard to agree with Hindenburg's broad-brush rationale for dissing corporate India. If anything, over the past few years, corporate governance standards in the country have strengthened

Unmet needs in wireless regulations

Given the high costs of installing fibre, policies for wireless middle- and last-mile connectivity are urgently required

Consumer sentiments improve, but still too low

The recovery in consumer sentiments from the pandemic has been the slowest among all economic indicators

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Bloodstained road to Nellie

In that awful fortnight, when Indira Gandhi decided to force an election nobody wanted in Assam, you didn't have to go looking for trouble to write about

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India's reputation will survive Hindenburg

Those who worry that the Adani saga will turn the world off India are not looking at the entire picture

Fifty shades of stardom

Why superstars flounder in their 50s

It's no more business as usual

The advertising-driven revenue model may finally be seeing cracks due to two technological developments over the last 12 months

A profligate state: The financial cul-de-sac that confronts Pakistan

With a narrow industrial base and dysfunctional politics, and a counter-productive national security agenda, Pakistan could well remain an "international migraine", writes T N Ninan