Tuesday, March 17, 2026
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-maharashtras-milk-of-human-unkindness-2741051.html Maharashtra's unwillingness to have a fair policy on milk It is sad that the state government has not come out with the facts before either the farmers or the public. It must explain why Maharashtra's private dairies and cooperatives cannot...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/pending-cases-and-political-criminality/http://epaper.freepressjournal.in/625996/The-Free-Press-Journal-Mumbai-Edition/29-Oct-2015?show=touch#page/10/1 Pending cases and political criminality — By R N Bhaskar | Oct 29, 2015 12:50 am There is one question most social scientists have been grappling with for ages – what is the difference between a government and the mafia? After all,...

India is blessed with water, but it is misused, abused Water Series 1  - http://www.asiaconverge.com/2019/05/india-faces-a-water-crisis-of-its-opwn-making/  - India’s rapidly deteriorating water crisis Water series 2 - http://www.asiaconverge.com/2019/05/india-should-learn-water-management-from-china/  -- Lessons to learn from China Water series 3 -- http://www.asiaconverge.com/2019/06/the-stranglehold-of-the-water-tanker-mafia/  -- The stranglehold of the...
http://www.firstpost.com/living/india-needs-euthanasia-precedents-justify-this-2787656.html Euthanasia debate: India needs the right to die with dignity The campaign for the right to die with dignity in India actually begins with Minoo (Minocher) Masani (1905-1998) who formed the Society for the Right to Die with Dignity (SRDD)...

INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Nov 6-12, 2022 Blind to logic, responsibility and common sense A recent report in Washington Post says that the US is asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be willing to negotiate peace with Russia, without preconditions, such as...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/mumbai-is-upgrading-to-a-more-reliable-and-world-class-lifeline-mumbai-metro-rail-corporation-managing-director-ashwini-bhide/1341762 Mumbai, metro and superior mobility — By Jescilia Karayamparambil and R N Bhaskar | Aug 24, 2018 ‘Mumbai is upgrading’ — and many are waiting to see this upgrade. But in this process of upgrade, it did stumble at a few places but...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/banks-npas-non-performing-assets-psbs-foreign-banks-private-sector-banks-restructuring-fpj-imc-forum-rbi-reserve-bank-of-india-ss-mundra-2792866.html Banks and the NPA problem S.S.Mundra, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) put it quite succinctly when talking about the NPA problem confronting India. Quoting Harold Macmillan, he said, “To be alive at all involves some risk.”...
China and India through the prism of history September 16, 2020 COVID-19 epidemic accelerates change in the world like a magnifying glass. Through the mist of the pandemic, how to look at the rise of China is a major focus. Return of...
  https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-double-vision-of-the-guys-at-rbi The RBI's fragmented and flawed vision If keeping eyes closed is also considered, the RBI has three visions RN Bhaskar -- 24 November 2020 The people at RBI suffer from a double vision.  At times they do good, even amazing, things.  But...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/walk-through-this-model-village-of-china By Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaskar The Yu village model has lessons for everyone December 6, 2019 While this is a model village backed by development and flourishing ecology; there is yet another interesting concept that the villagers have embraced. Anji / China:...