 "Best of BS Opinion: Not much of a dividend, a political negotiator & more")
Though the UN’s prediction that India has become the world’s most populous nation for the first time may be off the mark, the fact is that China’s population has peaked while India’s continues to grow. But the much touted democratic dividend – of larger cohorts of young people in the working age group -- that is expected to accrue to India may well be overstated. T N Ninan explains why. Read it here
In other views:
Aditi Phadnis discusses the intricacies that go into political negotiation. Read it here
Sandeep Goyal mulls on the ethics of surrogate advertising for chewing tobacco during the IPL. Read it here
Debarghya Sanyal recalls Pixar’s epoch-defining debut. Read it here
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