Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Education: India gloats, but shrivels under scrutiny RN Bhaskar Image generated by https://deepai.org/ On April 3, 2025, media headlines talked about how the state government of Maharashtra scrapping the “one state, one uniform” policy. It said that individual School Management Committees (SMCs),...
In the Bing generated image above, the onlooker observes how pygmies try to weigh down a larger and more powerful person.  That can be a terrible tragedy when the big and powerful are sought to be pulled down by...
Can the legend of Dr.Verghese Kurien be erased? By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image source: NDDB 26 November 2025. It was a day for celebrations. It has also become a day for sadness. It was a day when the country...
RBI has more caprice than respect for standards Can anyone be the world’s best central bank governor if he cannot protect the sanctity of his own country’s currency? By RN BhaskarLast week, the Bombay High Court granted time to the Reserve...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-g7-wants-to-ban-russian-gold-hah So is it the turn of gold markets now? RN Bhaskar Are the G7 countries doing what India describes through an adage? “Vinashakale vipreet buddhi” is a saying which – loosely translated -- means “During the time of destruction, man takes...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/r-n-bhaskar-policy-watch-liberate-temples-from-government-control/756036 Policy Watch Temple trusts hold the key to social harmony Rabid Hindutva groups have been espousing the “protection” of Hindu values in all sorts of clumsy ways – from beef bans to ghar wapsi.  In fact, if these groups really want...
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...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-auction-off-nsel-defaulters-assets-to-restore-investor-confidence-1997111 Monday, 23 June 2014 - 6:30am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA | R N Bhaskar Liquidate NLEL-related seized assets The Modi government at the Centre has been talking about making India more investment friendly. That is understandable. After all, it...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/indias-medicare-damns-the-entire-country-r-n-bhaskar/898333 India's medicare: disallow cow slaughter, but not human slaughter Most sociologists insist that the two crucial indicators which point to a government’s commitment to improving the lot of its people are education and health.  The first allows people to grow. ...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-maharashtra-haven-for-illegal-mining-political-funding/1058507 Maharashtra – illegal mining and political funding — By RN Bhaskar | Apr 27, 2017 09:22 am The immediate provocation for this article was a recent discussion on illegal sand mining organized jointly by Moneylife and Awaaz Foundation last fortnight. At the discussion,...