Friday, June 5, 2026
https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/kanjurmarg-metro-shed-mmrdas-fight-for-the-future-of-mumbai-and-india Get MMRDA's metro lines rolling in Mumbai RN Bhaskar  - March 10, 2021 Within the next one week, the courts will decide whether Mumbai deserves the chance to plan for a century ahead, or to think development piece-meal.  At stake is...

The gold mining series- a blessing and a curse December 2020 - January 2021 India is both blessed and cursed.  It is blessed with a geography that can make it rich with gold and other precious metals and rare earths.  But...
Education in India has a long way to go  RN Bhaskar Politicians love to claim that India can become the teacher for the entire world.  They use the term Vishwaguru (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/next-5-yrs-will-make-india-vishwa-guru-modi-in-gujarat/articleshow/69510732.cms) . Even states like Uttar Pradesh that have done miserably...
A modified version appeared at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/how-neglect-of-education-and-healthcare-has-put-lives-of-millions-of-children-at-risk-5279411.html The other two parts of this series can be found at : Education #2 and Education #3 Education #1: Lack of good education kills millions of children each year RN Bhaskar -- 18 May, 2020 India is facing...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/true-anywhere-else-banks-wouldve-settled-with-mallya-but-nowhere-else-hed-have-got-the-loan-2757580.html Was Mallya wronged? In some ways, Vijay Mallya, Chairman of the UB group of companies, may be right. He does rightly point out in a recent interview to Financial Times that the speed with which his passport was revoked is unprecedented in India’s...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/covid-19-march-will-soon-become-a-terrifying-sprint-in-india Covid-19 -- the government has been caught swimming naked RN Bhaskar Today is Tuberculosis  (TB) Day.  Unlike coronavirus, where a vaccine has yet to be developed – it could take anywhere between a year to several years – tuberculosis has a...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/indias-future-may-lie-more-with-russia-and-china-than-with-the-us-writes-rn-bhaskar India’s future may lie more with Russia and China than with the US RN Bhaskar In 2009, this author had predicted that India, China and Russia would have to work together (https://asiaconverge.com/2009/03/will-india-china-russia-dance-togetherincreasing-water-needs-will-china-dehydrate-india/).  Geo-politics suggested this combination. During the past 15 years,...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/traffic-violations-misplaced-sentiments-loopholed-policies-and-sticky-fingers-2448969.html Traffic violations and misplaced sentiments Traffic police in Mumbai recently towed away an illegally parked car with a woman inside feeding her baby. Could the cops have reacted differently? And who is to blame? Big questions and answers are few...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2017-with-polls-nearing-will-uttar-pradeshs-farm-sector-industry-get-a-boost-3195220.html Budget proposals that could swing voter sentiment - I: Will agriculture get priority in Budget 2017, on the eve of Uttar Pradesh elections? (With elections being announced for many states, including Uttar Pradesh, many believe that the budget to be...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/5-reasons-that-leave-many-unenthused-about-the-atma-nirbhar-schemes Atma Nirbhar was a dampener -- five reasons to explain why RN Bhaskar – 21 May 2020 The Greeks once described man as the only living creature who can stand upright, lift his face to the stars and laugh.  Jackals laugh...