Desalination is a cover-up for inefficiency even corruption in India
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Increasingly, India is pushing for more desalination projects. That is a mistake because a) India does not need desalination plants except for a very...
Government favours importers of pulses not Indian farmers
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Last week farmers decided to approach the Supreme Court of India to seek redressal of the government’s pulses policy. Normally, the government takes...
Development is what all BRICS members should be focussing on
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Ask any economist, and you will be told that to grow meaningfully, countries need to focus on three areas. For economic...
Riots – what provokes them?
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By RN Bhaskar with inputs from Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Nepal is on the boil. The prime minister and president have been compelled to demit their respective offices. The crowds continued to go on a...
India must look beyond GDP to become a great nation
By RN Bhaskar with inputs from Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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India’s prime minister and his ministers have got into the constant refrain of telling people that India will become...
The changing world order through trade blocs
By RN Bhaskar
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The SCO meeting has just concluded. It was wonderful to see Putin, Modi and Xi shake hands and exude warmth and bonhomie. They had reason to be happy,...
Germany stumbles; Is limping today
By RN Bhaskar
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Germany has stumbled badly. It is limping currently. The stumble was not because it was careless. It was because it was more focussed on pleasing the US rather than...
Is FSSAI playing games with consumers once again?
By RN Bhaskar
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FSSAI (the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India -- https://fssai.gov.in/) is also known as the Food Authority. It comes under the ministry of Health & Family...
The Election Commission told to be transparent
By RN Bhaskar
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This article is being written on 15 August 2025. It is celebrated as Independence Day in India. And nothing could be more pleasing for Indians than to find...
Modi warms up to China
By RN Bhaskar
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In some ways, one could say that Prime minister Modi has the proverbial nine lives of a cat. His visit to Tianjin in China this September could provide him a...
