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. ...
Given below is the text of the talk given by TANG Guocai, consul general, Chinese Consulate in Mumbai, India. This talk was delivered at Symposium organised by the GIIS, the Guangdong University Thinktank, in association with JaiHind College, Asiaconverge...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/dear-pm-modi-heres-how-bureaucrats-are-planning-to-scuttle-your-rooftop-solar-employment-plans-2468501.html
Sabotaging rooftop solar and employment generation
At best, the government's solar plan Sristi can be described as the work of incompetent officials. At worst, it is the handiwork of crafty bureaucrats who wanted to see the government’s push for solar...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/mbpt-chairman-sanjay-bhatia-cruise-tourism-will-play-a-vital-role-in-re-imagining-plan-jescilia-karayamparambil-and-rn-bhaskar/1378687
Sanjay Bhatia on how MbPT starts reimagining itself
Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaskar October 19, 2018
Reimagining business is the need of the hour for Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT). It is now moving from its core business to more citizen-centric...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/law-and-judiciary-more-sloganeering-less-vision
The judicial and the extra-judicial -- will there be a faceoff?
(All other articles in the Judiciary series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/03/the-judiciary-series/)
RN Bhaskar
India has always been good at coining phrases. They sound impressive. They suggest a caring and concerned...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/how-two-villages-harnessed-solar-pumps-to-create-incomes-for-farmers-conserve-groundwater-4381161.html
Harnessing solar pumps to create additional incomes for farmers
RN Bhaskar -- Aug 28, 2019
This is a story of a brilliant concept that NDDB came up with – along the state power distribution company (discom) – which has become a...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/how-revolutions-in-india-are-all-about-exploiting-the-poor-2443515.html
Is it a revolution, or the ruthless exploitation of the poor?
It is quite possible that the revolutionaries of J&K have been agitating because they have been asked to agitate. And the fact that the children of rich folk...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/coronavirus-in-india-maharashtra-emerges-as-a-state-that-does-not-care-much-about-peoples-health
Coronavirus has taught Maharashtra that spending on health makes sense, and promoting slums doesn't
RN Bhaskar – 8 April 2020
As the coronavirus epidemic continues its rampage across India, it becomes clear that Maharashtra has been the worst affected.
But that should...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/budget-2018-great-news-on-the-farm-front-if-ground-realities-permit-2497655.html
Budget 2018 -- Good farm proposals, but can they be implemented?
The need to boost agriculture is understandable. After all, this is the sector that has been languishing for long.
RN Bhaskar - Feb 01, 2018 06:42 PM IST
The two sectors...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/maharashtra-milk-crisis-farmers-need-to-get-a-fair-price-but-subsidy-is-not-the-solution-4775471.html
Is the milk in Maharashtra curdling?
RN Bhaskar Jul 19, 2018
Mahararashtra’s milk producers (actually supposed to be farmers who own cattle to produce milk) are on the warpath. They are being led by Raju Shetti, member of Parliament, and founder...
