More than settling the GOAT debate with Cristiano Ronaldo, which was media muppetry clearly, it was Messi earning back the love he always was entitled to but felt bereft of after 2014, from grudging home fans. Even the vanquished French won't mind ending up on the wrong side of that storyline.

That he is now expending precious political capital to double down on the failed liquor ban policy seems to indicate that he is out of governance ideas. In Bihar, it seems that the people and exchequer must suffer because of the chief minister's political commitment to a counterproductive measure.

It might help for Elon Musk to loosen his very firm grip on the megaphone. As it stands now, whether he remains CEO or not, Twitter seems to be turning into a one-man show.

In a country increasingly becoming constrained by a narrow imagination of uniformity, Mumbai is still maya nagari — a cauldron of multi-ethnic, multilingual and multi-cultural aspirations. To try to inhibit that idea of openness and possibility by casting communal aspersions on personal choice is a travesty.

Recent data indicates that the sharp slowdown in the advanced economies is already beginning to impact India’s export and industrial performance. Policymakers in India must be aware of the risks to growth and macroeconomic stability as they attempt to steer the economy through this uncertain period.

More than anything else, the Morocco story was about a nation smashing football's crusty stereotypes of masculinity, social orthodoxy and third-world bashfulness that seemed to hold back Asian and African countries at World Cups.