Saturday, November 22, 2025
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/strategy-for-healthier-india-china-trade China and India could together revive the global economy RN Bhaskar  26 March 2020 China has been a savvy investor in India (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/03/china-investments-in-india-are-strategic-and-profitable/).  Some claim that China has outsmarted India.  But such cynical views miss the big picture.  China created value...
  China begins serious work on social governance structures RN Bhaskar On November 17, 2019, the People’s Government of Wuxing District, Houzhou, China, held its inauguration ceremony of the Nan Taihu Social Governance Institute. It marked the birth of a thinktank dedicated...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-ukraine-war-will-bind-china-and-russia-more-tightly-to-india Changing geopolitics bring Russia, India, China closer RN Bhaskar Geopolitics can be quite intriguing.  It was in 2009 that this author predicted the need for the three countries – Russia, China and India – to work together (https://www.livemint.com/Companies/wDLWbd3OWUGppEzYYC0yYO/The-Capitalist--With-increasing-water-needs-will-China-deh.html).  Demographics compelled this...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/china-wants-the-world-to-sit-up-and-listen-to-it China prepares itself for the future RN Bhaskar -- 21 November 2019 In some ways, China has suddenly woken up to the need to let the world know how big its plans really are.  Hitherto it let is performance do the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/india-and-china-should-come-together-to-manufacture-for-the-world-market-says-sme-body-founder Chandrakant Salunkhe expects boost to India China relations He is also the founder of the India-China Business Council and Federation of Indian SME Associations. Rebello Dominic RN BhaskarUpdated: Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 08:03 AM IST India and China should come together to...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/indias-future-may-lie-more-with-russia-and-china-than-with-the-us-writes-rn-bhaskar India’s future may lie more with Russia and China than with the US RN Bhaskar In 2009, this author had predicted that India, China and Russia would have to work together (https://asiaconverge.com/2009/03/will-india-china-russia-dance-togetherincreasing-water-needs-will-china-dehydrate-india/).  Geo-politics suggested this combination. During the past 15 years,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-could-learn-a-lot-from-post-covid-19-spending-patterns-in-china India must be forward looking, not defensive, as is evident frompost-Covid-19 spending-patterns RN Bhaskar – 13 August, 2020 After a country has been hit by a pandemic, how should people spend money?  Different cultures spend money differently.  There are countries where...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/interview-india-and-china-can-benefit-tremendously-by-working-together-1821393 'India and China can benefit tremendously by working together' Friday, 12 April 2013 - 4:19am IST | Agency: dna R N Bhaskar Liu Youfa, 59, the Consul General, Mumbai, of China is a rare combination of being both an economist and a...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-pre-budget-blues-going-beyond-the-numbers Pre-budget blues – fund allocations don't mean anything till basics are put in place RN Bhaskar This column will appear just a little time before budget announcements are actually made. And the purpose of writing this column is not to talk...