Doing business with the dead?
Those who do not respect the dead cannot be expected to respect the living either. And democracy and elections cease to have any meaning if rampant impersonation and dummy voting is permitted. Remember the brilliant...
Amazon’s customer unfriendliness
RN Bhaskar
Despite half a dozen calls to Amazon and its local office in the past few months (https://twitter.com/rnbhaskar1/status/1775011149408264299) and despite several assurances that my orders will be delivered to me properly, last night my order was cancelled.
What...
This article appeared in Business India -- edition dated 23 November - 6 December. It can be found on page nos 78 and 79 of that edition. The pdf version can be got from here 2015-11-23_BusinessIndia_Japan-Financing-structures
In the Goldilocks zone
By...
The government is keen on strengthening Aadhaar. That will allow it to effectively implement its Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) programme across the country.
But there is a gaping hole in the entire process. India has been counting only its living....
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/main-article-narendra-modi-s-farm-miracle-1358133
How Gujarat transformed agriculture
By RN Bhaskar | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA -- Mar 11, 2010
There is a new mood of resurgence on Gujarat’s farms. Farm incomes have more than doubled during the past ten years, and are likely...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/coronavirus-pandemic-slums-are-new-hotspots-that-can-ravage-cities-5090381.html
Coronavirus: the epidemic could easily ravage cities through its many slums
RN Bhaskar -- 31 March, 2020
Last week, the government of Maharashtra formally acknowledged a new problem – slums (https://www.mumbailive.com/en/civic/coronavirus-spreads-to-mumbai-slums-and-chawls-in-ghatkopar-kalina-and-patel-as-4-patients-test-positive-for-covid19-47281). Coronavirus which had spread among the relatively affluent had now...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
May 18-24, 2024
Technological disruptions promise huge benefits, but at a cost
It was Victor Hugo who averred that ‘there was no force that could stop an idea whose time has come’. One such idea is robotics. Like...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/with-drought-looming-maha-govt-dresses-up-budget-to-please-the-farmer-but-key-flaws-remain-2688018.html
On the face of it, the government of Maharashtra has sought to bring forth a budget that is farmer friendly. It has allocated some Rs 25,000 crore for agriculture. It has introduced schemes that appear to be aimed at...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/india/rn-bhaskar-india-russia-friends-for-70-years/1051178
India-Russia: Friends for 70 Years
— By RN Bhaskar | Apr 13, 2017 12:05 pm
Soviet Ambassador Kirill Novikov arriving in New Delhi 1947 to establish formal diplomatic relations with India
It was in Goa, India, that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime...
This article first appeared in DNA in April 2009. But it does not appear on the dnaindia website now.
Maytas may soon be taken over by IL&FS
RN Bhaskar
There is every likelihood of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (...
