Stories and analyses about Sri Lanka which India should pay heed to
RN Bhaskar
This time, there is no policy watch, my weekly column. One reason is that I have been travelling through Sri Lanka for the past six days with...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/what-india-could-not-learn-from-germanys-hermann-scheer-solar-power-model-2749400.html
The scorching pace of solar power – IV
This is the fourth article in a five part series. The others can be found at
Part I: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/is-fear-of-bankruptcy-forcing-oil-rich-saudi-turn-to-solar-power-wait-for-25-april-html/
Part II: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/crashing-prices-india-can-gain-immensely-solar-power-space/
Part III: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-tremendous-advantage-solar-power-space-money/
Part V: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/you-snooze-you-lose-early-entrant-germany-scores-over-india-in-rooftop-solar-power-scheme-html/
In order to understand what made solar power become...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Jan 9-15, 2022
Drive looking through the windshield, not the rear view mirror!
India has a young and talented pool of people, and has been blessed with adequate natural resources. Indian born people are, today, heading companies like...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/onion-farmers-distress-verghese-kuriens-formula-of-giving-farmers-50-of-market-price-of-harvest-can-help-5662201.html/amp?__twitter_impression=true
How to protect onion farmers from distress prices
RN Bhaskar -- December 3, 2018
Social media is rife with the story of a farmer who got just Rs 1,064 for 750 kg of onion. So upset was he with the amount...
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...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/why-its-necessary-to-develop-business-and-transport-along-indias-coastline-2362359.html
Coastal tourism: Surfing over frothy waves
RN Bhaskar -- Aug 17, 2017 01:39 PM IST
To understand the coastal and ocean concepts better, it needs to be highlighted that most coastal regions remained quite undeveloped in India for centuries.
Recently,...
Xiaomi is shamelessly disdainful about the inconvenience it causes to customers, especially the disabled
Please also refer to https://asiaconverge.com/2023/06/customercare-at-xiaomi-sucks/ which is the first part of this sorry saga.
On 14 June, 2023, I wrote to Xiaomi, informing me about how it...
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/economy/some-red-flags-in-the-economy-numbers-agriculture-is-the-most-alarming-2477189.html
Economic growth continues to falter. Watch agriculture
When agriculture’s GVA growth climbed from -0.2% in 2014-15, to 0.7% in 2015-16, everyone expected agriculture to continue doing well. This was confirmed by this growth rate further rising to 4.9% in 2016-17....
India’s poor record-keeping about deaths and ghost voters
RN Bhaskar
On May 22, 2023, there were news reports about the Home ministry planning to introduce a new Bill in the Parliament. The Bill would seek to link birth and death registers...
