http://www.firstpost.com/india/govt-support-for-godmen-like-gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh-shows-state-not-ready-to-exit-religious-affairs-yet-4056839.html
Is it the business of the government to manage religion?
RN BhaskarSep, 19 2017 07:25:21 IST
Also read
Part I: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/
and
Part II: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/entrepreneur-godmen-flourish-as-hindu-temple-trusts-nationalised/
Should governments manage religion? Ask any common man this question – in India or even overseas – and the general...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/uncategorized/vpm-trust-chairman-vijay-bedekar-india-needs-a-forward-looking-visionary-in-education/1416360
VPM's Bedekar has big plans for education
written by R N Bhaskar and Jescilia Karayamparambil. December 17, 2018
Thane-based Vidya Prasarak Mandal (VPM) came into existence in August 1935. It has immovable assets of over Rs 12 crore. VPM has...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/passports-when-the-best-get-knocked-down/1229747
Is the passport being degraded as an identity document?
— By RN Bhaskar | Mar 01, 2018 08:57 am
Last week, the government came out with a startling notification – that passports would now be issued without the mandatory police verification. Ostensibly,...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/india/israel-and-india-can-do-so-much-more-together/1162752
RN Bhaskar -- — Nov 01, 2017 12:12 am
Israel and India share common concerns
Michael Bornstein Oren (born May 20, 1955) is an American-born Israeli historian, author, politician, former ambassador to the United States (2009–2013), and current member of...
This article appeared in DNA on 13 Dec 2010. URL not traceable.
But a pdf copy of the article can be got from
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DNA Conversations
Leisure boating means money, jobs and even security
Leisure boating means money, jobs...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/comment-what-makes-madhya-pradesh-tick-2583155.html
Madhya Pradesh economy snapshot
During the past 12 years, ever since Shivraj Singh Chauhan became the MP chief minister in 2005, the state has witnessed a blistering pace of growth in agriculture
RN Bhaskar -- Jun 05, 2018
Some 15 years ago,...
India plundered – Part IV
Was Aurangzeb really all that terrible?
RN Bhaskar -- 21 September 2020
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The other parts of this series can be found at
http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/the-plunder-series/
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Oct 01, 2015 12:19 am
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The most painful part is the cost at which...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/rera-consumer-is-the-king-in-uts-not-really-so-in-states-heres-why-3430006.html
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RN BhaskarMay, 08 2017 10:25:35 IST
On March 16, 2016 – almost a year ago – both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha passed the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, popularly referred to as RERA....
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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...
