https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-missing-dead-series-part-i-india-cares-little-for-the-dead-even-the-living
The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/06/missing-dead-series/
The missing dead series – Part I
Those who don't respect the dead, cannot respect the living either
By RN Bhaskar
When beggars die, there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death...
Adani-Hindenburg case: making the waters muddier
Mumbai, 20 September 2023
An Asiaconverge report:
The intervention application filed by one Anamika Jaiswal alleging conflcits of interests of the Expert committee members appointed by the Hon. Supreme Court in the Adani – Hindenburg matter, ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-will-russia-india-china-become-the-new-global-centre-of-gravity-1993067
Will Russia-India-China become the new global centre of gravity?
Last fortnight, Russia and China entered into a 30-year contract worth $400 billion for supply of piped natural gas from Russia to China. This one deal could cause realignment of global...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/mpokket-is-catching-them-young
mPokket is catching them young
Jescilia Karayamparambil | RN Bhaskar
Digital lending application mPokket has chalked out a growth plan by connecting with its customers when they are young. The company plans to expand into areas that will allow...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/are-indias-armed-forces-going-to-start-employing-youth-once-again
Are India’s armed forces marching out of step by talking of mass short-term recruitment?
RN Bhaskar -- 14 May 2020
Media reports about a paper circulating among army ranks about a “tour of duty” proposal (https://indianexpress.com/article/india/army-proposes-3-year-voluntary-tour-of-duty-cites-patriotism-unemployment-6408863/), have raised eyebrows. According to...
A new innings for gobar gas plants
By RN Bhaskar
On Thursday, July 2, prime Minister Narendra Modi announced (https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pms-press-statement-during-the-joint-press-statement-with-the-prime-minister-of-japan/) an India-Japan biogas initiative through which 1000 biogas (or gobar gas) and organic fertiliser plants will be set up in...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/china-has-a-better-version-of-panchayati-raj
Want a panchayati raj model? Look to China's social governance
RN Bhaskar -- 12 Dec 2019
China is about to launch a new national programme promoting social governance. On November 17, 2019, the People’s Government of Wuxing District, Houzhou, China, held...
Falling oil prices, remittances and jobs
Feb 04, 2016 12:00 am
http://www.freepressjournal.in/falling-oil-prices-remittances-and-jobs-rn-bhaskar/771956
Any which way you look at it, non-resident-Indians (NRIs) have done this country proud. With hardly any government support programme, through sheer grit and enterprise, these NRIs have ventured...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2019-benefits-quota-skewed-towards-minorities-majority-middle-class-ignored-will-jaitley-remedy-this-5896291.html
Budget 2019
The battering of the middle class
RN Bhaskar Jan 15, 2019
It will probably be a vote on account next month. But the expectations of a decent budget will be kept alive. Hopefully, even for electoral reasons, some of...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/the-killing-fields-that-india-has-become-amid-the-second-wave-of-covid-19
Covid19 -- Who lit pyres on the killing fields?
RN Bhaskar -- 27 April 2021
One has only to see the long queues of people standing outside hospitals. Then one sees the numbers of people who have collapsed by the sidewalks. ...
