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Best of BS Opinion: Stock market as mirror, politics in diversity & more
Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday
 "Best of BS Opinion: Stock market as mirror, politics in diversity & more")
Religion for social acceptance
The combination of atheism plus religious identity shows that, for many people, religion is about social acceptance
Repeating recent history
The poor quality of public health infrastructure should no longer surprise us. It is our democratic choice, writes Mihir S Sharma
Politics in diversity
PEW survey of Indians' religiosity tells you why Modi's rivals have failed to challenge him: Confused secularism that's ceded religion to the BJP
Why the poor are leaning right
How support for left and right-leaning parties is changing in social composition
 "Why the poor are leaning right")
Why is BJP wary of projecting Adityanath as a 'star' in UP Assembly polls?
Former bureaucrat AK Sharma's appointment for pandemic management in Varanasi indicates that the top leaders are unhappy with the CM's way of handling the crises
 "Why is BJP wary of projecting Adityanath as a 'star' in UP Assembly polls?")
It's only words…
Sedition law needs to be observed in letter and spirit
 "It's only words…")
'Old' RSS through a 'new' lens
Book review of Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh is Reshaping Indian Democracy
 "'Old' RSS through a 'new' lens")
Hindutva push behind making Lakshadweep the next Maldives?
Muslim women, who have on an average three children, could be possibly banned from contesting local elections in Lakshadweep
 "Hindutva push behind making Lakshadweep the next Maldives?")
Half-life of half-truths: Can diplomacy stop decaying governance?
Is the Modi government being harshly judged internationally because its leaders being less familiar with English are 'less connected to other global centres'?
PM Modi pays tributes to V D Savarkar on his 138th birth anniversary
Pioneering Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was born in 1883 in Maharashtra
 "PM Modi pays tributes to V D Savarkar on his 138th birth anniversary")
How Punjab's latest Muslim majority district will encourage Hindutva forces
The Amarinder government declared Malerkotla, where more than half the population is Muslim, the newest district of Punjab on Eid as a symbolic gesture to the community
 "How Punjab's latest Muslim majority district will encourage Hindutva forces")
Eye on 2024
Can Modi's third bid for power be made more challenging? If so, who will do it? And how? Especially if Gandhis and Congress fail to rise to that challenge
 "Eye on 2024")
Best of BS Opinion: Central Vista project, Covid-19 crisis, and more
Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday
 "Best of BS Opinion: Central Vista project, Covid-19 crisis, and more")
Floating bodies, sinking states
Politics and economics are at the heart of the Covid tragedy in UP and Bihar. The misery is a result of voting in the name of religion, caste and nationalism
The non-cultural revolution
Book review of India's Power Elite: Class, Caste and a Cultural Revolution
 "The non-cultural revolution")
The discovery of Modi's India
Narendra Modi's is not a picture of a leader concerned about the well-being of the country he governs but of fulfilling a personal and political agenda in spite of it
 "The discovery of Modi's India")
BJP will lose four of the five states that have gone to polls: Mahua Moitra
In this interview, Moitra lashes out at PM Modi and his BJP govt, asserting that these polls are not just an Assembly election but a referendum on the idea of the soul of India
 "BJP will lose four of the five states that have gone to polls: Mahua Moitra")
Best of BS Opinion: Rise of risk capital, Covid-19 vaccination, and more
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
 "Best of BS Opinion: Rise of risk capital, Covid-19 vaccination, and more")
Hindutva: A word of suspense
The ideology that forms the basis of BJP's sociopolitical initiatives is not an ideology at all
