https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/will-rceps-interests-turn-the-white-revolution-dark
The twists and turns on RCEP and milk
RN Bhaskar – 17 October, 2019
There’s an ill-wind blowing through the corridors of the ministry of commerce lately. The first indications of the nature of troubled winds were evident three months ago...
Gautam Adani becomes more relevant for India than ever before
By RN Bhaskar
Historically, perceptions are often created by media and sometimes by design.
An interesting anecdote that media managers need to remember is one that I learnt from Ravi Boothalingam (https://asiaconverge.com/2021/12/india-china-the-long-view/)....
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/geography-economics-history-and-culture-heres-why-india-and-china-need-each-other
How should India view China?
RN Bhaskar - July 2, 2020
At times of war, it is dangerous to talk of peace. As the poet TS Eliot once remarked (through the lips of Aunt Agatha in A Family Reunion), “In a...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/death-with-dignity-gains-legality-in-the-uk/1175058
India dithers over death with dignity
— By RN Bhaskar | Nov 23, 2017 08:10 am
Last week, this newspaper talked about (http://www.freepressjournal.in/world/indian-origin-pharmacist-cleared-of-elderly-dads-murder/1172908) how a UK High Court judge, Justice Green, threw out a murder charge against a chemist. The chemist, a...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/tourism-is-desirable-but-not-easily-captured-r-n-bhaskar/947530
Tourism desirable, but problems persist
By any yardstick, the numbers look impressive. There has been an impressive growth in tourism.
According to the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2015 of the World Economic Forum (WEF), India’s rank climbed up 13 Places...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-will-your-milk-be-delivered-home
Milk, subsidies, turbulence and coronavirus
RN Bhaskar – April 9, 2020
Last fortnight, milk was in the spotlight once again. And this time ostensibly because of the coronavirus lockdown.
Some milk producers began crying wolf. They said that milk supplies to Mumbai...
Modi warms up to China
By RN Bhaskar
Image generated through https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-corporate-performance-3-value-added-is-extremely-important-for-developing-countries
Corporate groups-3
VA and exports are excellent indicators of financial performance
By RN Bhaskar (the first two parts of this series can be found at
https://asiaconverge.com/2021/11/money-makes-the-world-go-round/ and
https://asiaconverge.com/2021/12/corporate-groups-2-are-they-profitable/
In this last part of our series on analysing the performance of corporate groups, we look...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/india-swiss-banks-and-black-money-r-n-bhaskar/1310375
India's black money may not be in Swiss Banks
— By RN Bhaskar | Jul 05, 2018
Last week the political climate was charged with accusations that the government had actually begun encouraging the promotion of black money. Prima facie, the charges...
Niti Aayog claims that poverty declined by 24.8 crore in nine years
By RN Bhaskar
The Bing generated image above shows all sorts of goodies being showered down on the people below. It is an adaptation of the legendary Indian rope...
