1 June 2026
The unravelling disintegration of India
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Will India break up? That is the question security analysts have begun asking. The question assumes relevance because of three reasons
The silence over six Ukrainians...
14 June 2026
Will India look at some obvious solutions?
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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On 6 June, almost all major newspapers had headlines (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/pm-modi-chairs-eac-meeting-discusses-measures-to-boost-indias-economic-growth-amid-global-turmoil/articleshow/131547759.cms) about the Indian Prime Minister chairing a meeting of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC)...
NBFCs become more relevant to India. Is that a risk?
RN Bhaskar
All of a sudden, there’s renewed interest in what non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) are doing in India. Some are alarmed. Some canny observers are happy. Yet, the whims of...
Fact vs fiction about advantages and strengths can be quite jarring for India
By R.N. Bhaskar
India makes tall claims. However, a look at hard numbers shows how it has spurned natural advantages that it had. The country cannot prosper if...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/good-listening-for-good-governance-r-n-bhaskar/969318
Policy watch
Good listening is imperative for good governance
Rn bhaskar
The present government won a huge mandate from the people of India. One reason was that it promised to bring in good governance. But many people in the government forget one...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/the-world-loves-gold-india-confused-amid-uncertain-economic-situation
India is confused about dealing with gold
RN Bhaskar -- January 16, 2020
In the aftermath of the US armed forces assassinating General Soleimani of Iran, prices of gold spiked. The more the world becomes an uncertain place, the more people...
Megaphones extolling India’s economy are not in sync with ground realities
By RN Bhaskar
At one level, India’s economy appears to be in good health. That is, if one believes all the things that are being spouted by the government.
At another...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/railway-lessons-for-india-with-love-from-japan/
Railway lessons for India: With love, from Japan
— By R N Bhaskar | Nov 26, 2015 12:09 am
India once boasted of having one of the largest railway networks in the world – thanks to the British. But it slipped in...
Can India grow to #3 in the world by 2028?
RN Bhaskar
Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India would become the third largest economy in the world by the end of his third term (https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pm-modi-india-worlds-top-3-economies-third-term-8862006/). He said he...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/jatin-mehta-files-a-usd-5-billion-suit-against-de-beers-stanchart-and-kroll
Indian diamond industry in a tizzy -- Jatin Mehta files a $ 5 bn suit against De Beers, Stanchart and Kroll
RN Bhaskar
For most market watchers in India, Jatin Mehta is a renegade, an absconder from Indian law (https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/corporate/story/cbi-files-two-fresh-firs-against-absconding-diamantaire-jatin-mehta-207129-2019-06-11) ,...
