https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/asia-dominates-on-internet-front-us-eu-way-behind-india-minuscule
Internet markets become more competitive
By RN Bhaskar
Fitch Ratings in its advisory dated 3 June 2021 (https://www.fitchratings.com/research/corporate-finance/chinese-internet-majors-investments-to-slow-profit-growth-03-06-2021) has underscored the possibility of fierce internet competition in the coming years. Already, major Chinese internet companies are prioritising investments in 2021. That...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-money-that-corporate-groups-manage
Money that corporate groups manage
RN Bhaskar
In many ways, this is an unusual article. It is about money. In some ways, it is in keeping with this column’s focus on exploring new ways to look at things. To go beyond...
Budget 2021
The Budget has been hailed as an "never before" Budget. Unfortunately, it does not live up to this claim. Here are some views by RN Bhaskar
Feb 1, 2021-- Five mistakes one must avoid while reading Budget 2021
(http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/02/budget-2021-and-myths-surrounding-it/)
Budget 2021...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/no-atmanirbharta-without-healthcare
Healthcare and atma nirbharta can be salvaged though intelligent restructuring
RN Bhaskar
Atma nirbharta. Ayushman Bharat. These phrases carry a lot of firepower behind them for most Indians. Loosely translated they mean “self-reliance” and “long and healthy life for India”. They...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/more-small-finance-banks-will-help-serve-customers-in-a-holistic-manner-says-r-bhaskar-babu-of-suryoday-small-finance-bank
R Bhaskar Babu of Suryoday Small Finance Bank on the disruption in banking
By Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- February 19, 2021,
More small finance banks will help serving customers in a holistic manner, says R Bhaskar Babu of Suryoday...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-is-google-using-its-power-and-popularity-responsibly
Google brush with the regulators in India
But many answers are not forthcoming
RN Bhaskar
Google is expected to do the unusual all the time. It has many firsts to its credit. It changed the search engine ecosystem. The music video environment....
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/2021-will-be-about-changing-the-narrative-about-zoom-says-sameer-raje-head-of-zoom-india
Sameer Raje -- narratives through Zoom
By Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- March 10, 2021
Over a Zoom call, Sameer Raje, Country head of Zoom India waits for the interview with FPJ’s Jescilia Karayamparambil and R N Bhaskar to begin....
https://www.moneylife.in/article/the-fanciful-figures-of-uttar-pradesh/64715.html
Uttar Pradesh and the numbers it conjures up
RN Bhaskar
When prime minister Narendra Modi described the Covid management of Uttar Pradesh (UP) as “commendable”, or even “unprecedented”, it made even the most neutral of economy watchers squirm uncomfortably. The same...
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...
