Best of BS Opinion: Sobering reality, year of conflict and loss, and more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

T N Ninan in his weekly column notes that making the foodgrain free changes little. Indeed, it could set off a competitive populist cycle when sundry political parties are already offering free electricity, among other freebies. This would risk undermining more than just the rural economy. Read here

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Countries that defend their existence give themselves fresh reasons to exist, and that happened in front of our eyes with Ukraine. In a year marked by conflict and loss, this is the one silver lining to which we can point, writes Mihir S Sharma. Read here