Operation Kamadhenu was supposed to help Kasturi and Sons Ltd (KSL) sort out its external problems related to growth and competiton, and internal ones arising from the dynamics of being a family-owned and family-managed enterprise. Instead, the consulting assignment undertaken by McKinsey and Co. last year may have only served to amplify the discord at the company, which publishes The Hindu and The Hindu Business Line newspapers that compete with the Hindustan Times and Mint, published by HT Media Ltd, in some markets.