MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Feb 21-27, 2026, 2026
The calculus of asymmetrical warfare
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In the Biblical story, David, a young shepherd, used a sling to hurl a stone to knock out a giant, Goliath. It is, perhaps, the first...
The dark myths about coal
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Someone is keen on setting the entire developing world on fire. And the flames are being fanned by people who have been clamouring against the use...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Dec 27, 2025- Jan 2, 2026
America plays checkers as China plays Go
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Checkers, a board game, popular in America, whose aim is to capture the opponent’s pieces or block them. The game is tactical...
India New Zealand FTA - Will this destroy the Indian dairy sector?
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Monday, December 22, 2025, almost every Indian newspaper highlighted the India New Zealand FTA deal. The font used was unusually...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Dec 20-26, 2025
A Financial transition, A Geopolitical transition and A Technology transition
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Everyone knows the fairy tale about the transition of a frog to a prince, after being kissed by a princess. The world...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Dec 13-19, 2025
Or does nobody want to stop the music of passing the parcel?
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Global debt (sovereign plus corporate plus household) has grown to $ 315 trillion, more than 3X global GDP. One wondered...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
May 17-23, 2025
Greed for tax revenue leads to bad decisions
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India’s tax/GDP ratio seems, on surface, to be low, at 11.7% (direct taxes 6.1% of GDP and indirect 5.6%). The ratio is higher in...
Maharashtra could soon become part of BIMMARU
By RN Bhaskar
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Is Maharashtra headed in the same direction that Uttar Pradesh has taken for the past few decades? Will it become another addition to the BIMARU grouping causing a...
"Method to blackmail India": Senior journalist RN Bhaskar on Adani indictment
2024-11-22_ANI_ Senior journalist RN Bhaskar on Adani indictment
2024-11-22_ANI_rnb_Adani_ A Tool for Global Influence_
https://asiaconverge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-11-22_ANI_-Senior-journalist-RN-Bhaskar-on-Adani-indictment.pdf
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https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/3167206-alleged-adani-bribery-case-a-tool-for-global-influence
https://asiaconverge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-11-22_ANI_-Senior-journalist-RN-Bhaskar-on-Adani-indictment.pdf
https://asiaconverge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-11-22_ANI_rnb_Adani_-A-Tool-for-Global-Influence_.pdf
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https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/3167525-allegations-against-adani-a-diplomatic-or-strategic-manoeuvre
A Diplomatic or Strategic Manoeuvre_
https://asiaconverge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/A-Diplomatic-or-Strategic-Manoeuvre_.pdf
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https://x.com/ANI/status/1859961205332562128?t=sRdWP8A0bVlaN2xAfSS3yQ&s=08
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https://x.com/ANI/status/1859961819894603859?t=k9rLRm6_sW2Vf6WWDgcyaQ&s=08
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Sergei Lavrov
The US has a history of ruthless blackmail, as was articulated quite...
China develops Africa both as Plan B for itself and for the world
RN Bhaskar
The future of the world will lie in making Africa grow. That is what China has been doing all along. That is what India should be...
