Sept 14, 2026
Water mismanagement may cause the desertification of India
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Politicians do not like to talk about this subject. Government spokespersons try to hush down any whispers about an impending crisis. Except for a...
Sept 7 2026
Policies that have made sugar bitter
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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At one level, there is some cause for jubilation. From a higher level, you begin to realise how India’s policy makers are being suicidal. True,...
31 August 2026
The govt’s one-eyed vision for agriculture
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Last fortnight, I laid my hands on a Researchgate paper on the Size of Agricultural Economies by Mukul Asher (https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/size-of-the-agricultural-economies-and-global-importance-of-different-agricultural-commodities-an-overview). Two charts impressed me immensely,...
24 August 2026
The proposed FCRA could splinter India
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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On 12 August 2026, the unthinkable happened. The government chose not to press for the passing of the FCRA (Foreign Contributions Regulations Amendment) Bill,...
17 Aug 2026
Cities and the corrosion of democracy
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Images like the one above, which appeared on the front pages of Free Press Journal, is likely to become a common sight in all Indian...
10 August 2026
When policy fails, the government allows hawala trading
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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On July 3, 2026, media headlines talked about India’s reserves had jumped by USD 6.12 bn to USD 682.35 bn (https://bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/indias-forex-reserves-jump-usd-6-12-bn-to-usd-682-35-bn/132767098. This jump...
3 August 2026
CJP spurred by a decade of misgovernance
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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The CJP (Cockroach Janata Party) upsurge at Jantar Mantar in Delhi is now called off. The fast by Sonam Wangchuk is also over. The...
27 July 2026
India cannot implement projects as promised
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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On July 15 2026, Indians were surprised to see former Japanese Justice Minister Hideki Makihara (@hmakihara) commenting about poor project implementation by India. He mentioned...
20 July 2026
India has a mixed potential for data centres
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Bloomberg recently had a very interesting newsletter on data centres. It put out a table which shows that India has fewer data centres...
13 July 2026
Tamil Nadu is right in challenging the cattle slaughter laws
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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In the first week of July 2026 came the startling news that the Tamil Nadu government had approached India’s Supreme Court...
