Wednesday, February 12, 2025
India plundered – Part IV Was Aurangzeb really all that terrible? RN Bhaskar -- 21 September 2020 ============== The other parts of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/the-plunder-series/ ========================== History books in India talk darkly about Aurangzeb, the Mughal emperor.  Demagogues rail against him.  Stories...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/indias-expensive-solar-power-birth-pangs/ Oct 01, 2015 12:19 am Amidst all the euphoria about India’s tremendous progress in incremental solar power addition, there is a sudden realisation that all is not picture perfect. Not yet. The most painful part is the cost at which...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/interview-serum-institutes-adar-poonawala-plans-new-vaccines-and-an-nbfc-2674811.html Adar Poonawala rides ahead with even bigger plans RN Bhaskar -- Jul 05, 2018                          In 1966, when the Indian vaccine industry was at a very nascent stage, the Poonawala family decided to set up the Serum Institute with a  meagre...
http://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-delhi-mumbai-corridor-will-create-new-best-in-class-cities-1510755 DMIC will change the way India thinks about cities RN Bhaskar - Feb 20, 2011, 11:26 PM IST It could be the most challenging job any executive could have taken up in recent times. As CEO and managing director of the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/not-having-ip-protection-is-a-barrier-for-innovation-says-bert-van-der-feltz-ceo-of-east-west-seed-group Interview: India is the world's second largest market for vegetables -- Bert van der Feltz By Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar - 29 October, 2020 In 2005, Bert van der Feltz (Bert), President and CEO of the East-West Seed Group along with...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/india-china-relations-understanding-history-to-plan-for-the-future History matters – even in strengthening India-China relationships GIIS, the Guangdong University Thinktank, in association with JaiHind College, Asiaconverge and  the Chinese Consulate in Mumbai held a symposium on "Towards Better China-India Understanding: A Study of CPC Resolution on History". India...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/flying-higher-and-higher-with-haier The incredible growth path of Haier in India and elsewhere 13 November 2019 Haier Appliances (India) P. Ltd is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Haier Group.  It likes to remain low-key in its announcements to media, yet manages to be...
http://m.firstpost.com/business/china-spectre-is-only-in-indias-mind-new-delhi-cannot-afford-to-ban-chinese-goods-3055522.html Boycotting China is a joke If you are an Indian, even a short walk through China's cities will tell you that few people in this country even think of India as an adversary. This is quite unlike Hong Kong where...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/a-huge-transformation-of-the-power-sector-can-be-expected-2500499.html Has the Union Budget 2018 planned for the radical transformation of the power sector that is needed? But look close and you begin to see the first stirrings of policy change which could overhaul the power sector. RN Bhaskar -- Feb...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/state-created-vacuum-of-real-spiritual-leaders-helped-flourish-self-styled-gurus-like-gurmeet-ram-rahim-4015111.html Gurmeet Singh fallout: Govt creates a vacuum for entrepreneur-gurus to flourish in RN BhaskarSep, 06 2017 20:10:32 IST Also read Part I: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/ and Part III: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/ Look around everywhere.  The number of gurus in India is increasing each year. Many of these gurus are later...