http://www.freepressjournal.in/higher-education-sinks-lower-in-india/835496
Learn from China. Focus on schools; leave higher education alone
The age of ironies has just begun.
There was a time when India used to be a centre of learning and higher education. Huen Tsang (known as Monk Xuan Zang in...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-2017-looking-back-looking-ahead/997952
Retrospective 2016 – looking back; looking ahead on e-payments
There can be no doubt about it. If there is anything that 2016 will be remembered for in India, it will be the ‘de-legalisation’ of Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 notes. Popularly referred...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-fresh-evidence-confirms-agreement-on-limiting-nato-in-russia-ukraine-crisis
Ukraine - The US rings the death knell for global banking and business
RN Bhaskar
This is the way the world ends
not with a bang but a whimper
-- TS. Eliot, ‘The Hollow Men’
Ever since the Ukraine Russia US conflict...
The dangers of the Finance Commission becoming weak
By RN Bhaskar
The Bing generated image shows a supplicant picking up crumbs before a wealthy man who keeps much of the moolah for himself. But, in the background, there are bandits who...
The lights are flashing red about the Indian economy, but the merriment continues
By RN Bhaskar
The stock markets continue to soar. Except for a slight hiccup post elections, there seems to be no stopping the inexorable rise. Government spokespersons promise...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/jatin-mehta-files-a-usd-5-billion-suit-against-de-beers-stanchart-and-kroll
Kroll's refusal to face facts
The Jatin Mehta submissions before the Surat court have squarely put the blame on Kroll, which it says acted in concert with De Beers and SCB. Also see report at https://asiaconverge.com/2022/07/jatin-mehta-sues-debeers-stanchart-kroll-for-5-bn/
From the court documents, it...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/speedy-dispute-resolution-will-silence-drumbeats-of-jobs/1522321
Job creation depends on speedy dispute resolution
RN Bhaskar -- May 09, 2019
The clamour of drum-beats grows louder. If it was a rallying war cry in 2014 – Narendra Modi’s elevation as prime minister was partly on account of this...
Great plans for an India-ME-Europe corridor to mimic China’s BRI
By RN Bhaskar
On 9 September, the US While House put out a notification (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/09/09/fact-sheet-world-leaders-launch-a-landmark-india-middle-east-europe-economic-corridor/). It informed the world the following: “Today, we the leaders of the United States, India, Saudi Arabia, the...
R N Bhaskar
3 August 2015
Talk to high net worth individuals (HNIs) and non-resident Indians (NRIs). They express tremendous anxiety over the provisions of the government’s new piece of legislation. This spells trouble for all of us, even if we...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/policy-watch-why-politicians-should-bear-the-cost-of-treating-covid-19-patients
Politicians promote slums, which worsen the Covid-19 spread. Now they should pay for the costs too.
RN Bhaskar – 25 Jun3 2020
The numbers of Covid-19 infections continue to soar. Two months ago, when this author talked about why slums could...
