The dairy sector could be in for more confusions and value destruction
By RN Bhaskar
Image generated through https://deepai.org
On 3 March 2025, the government’s Press Information Bureau or PIB came up with a very interesting item (https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=2107807®=3&lang=1). It was titled...
How North India suddenly became richer, and paid more taxes despite profligacy
By RN Bhaskar
Image generated by http://deepai.org/
Go through the budget papers and you discover some strange numbers. North India has become the largest taxpayer. Hitherto, it was south and...
Trump’s tariffs could be the worst solution right now.
RN Bhaskar
Image sourced from http://deepai.org/
On Trump’s tariffs -- “as much as Trump is powerful right now and he seems immensely powerful given the developments of the last one week where the...
The Indian government’s inflated aspirations are laughable
R N Bhaskar
Image from Canva -- https://www.canva.com
The Indian government has big plans, and mighty pronouncements. Examine them closely, and they appear horrifyingly inflated. They have become objects for derisive laughter in many countries.
The...
The quagmire effect – Quo Vadis?
Image through CoPilot
By RN Bhaskar
Nothing resembles a quagmire more than the state of the US post President Trump’s pronouncements on immigration, and high tariffs. He thinks he could be bringing glory back to the...
Trump makes America weep
RN Bhaskar
Images through CoPilot
In the last article we talked about why Trump’s blustering remarks on oil may boomerang -- Free subscription -- https://open.substack.com/pub/bhaskarr/p/will-trump-get-bogged-down?r=ni0hb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true. This time, we talk about how Trump is making America weep.
The US is...
Oil is slippery, and Trump could get bogged down
RN Bhaskar
Image through CoPilot
Trump has been in office for over ten days now. He has announced the largest number of executive orders on the very first day of Presidency than any...
Dreams of a Ferrari on India’s potholed roads
By RN Bhaskar
The picture is courtesy CoPilot
The Union Budget should get announced within days of this column being put out in public domain. There is abundant speculation that the government will pull...
Can the US dollar survive for long?
By RN Bhaskar
'In 10 years, there will be no more Israel.' -- Henry Kissinger as quoted in https://nypost.com/2023/12/03/opinion/remembering-my-late-friend-former-secretary-of-state-henry-kissinger/
The US dollar is under siege. And much of this is on account of three reasons
...
Are there limits to a fudge?
RN Bhaskar
Both pictures are courtesy Canva -- https://www.canva.com – The term 2+2=5 is reminiscent of George Orwell’s 1984 where the protagonist wonders if the constant propagation of this foolish formula could lead people to...
