Sunday, February 8, 2026
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-united-states-could-make-another-ukraine-out-of-taiwan USA could make another Ukraine out of Taiwan RN Bhaskar The recent developments involving Taiwan – including the US and China – must be viewed against two backdrops.  First, the blunders the US and NATO have committed in their approach towards...
R N Bhaskar 17 August 2015 The stench of bribery is up in the air once again. This time, it is disclosure that a US company, Louis Berger, paid bribes to two Goa legislators to win a contract. At least one...
Yarns government spokespersons spin about jobs and growth By RN Bhaskar The government may say that the economy is looking good, and that India is on the rise. But some key indicators are flashing red. Few jobs, little growth and a bleak...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-3-dont-shoot-down-messengers-dont-fudge-the-numbers Agenda #3 -- Messengers matter. Encourage them. Don’t deter them RN Bhaskar (The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/) Many people do not know that the man who made the shooting down of messengers repugnant in law and practice is the...
Property Taxes don’t reflect any maturing of the Indian economy RN Bhaskar On 2 February 2024, the Municipal Commissioner of the BMC (BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation or the erstwhile name Bombay Municipal Corporation) made a formal statement about the Corporation’s annual budget. ...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/verghese-kuriens-milk-model-curdled How the government has curdled the Verghese Kurien’s milk model RN Bhaskar  -- 20 February, 2020 If you can read the tea leaves – you can predict that the government will decimate the Kurien model for milk production, nutrition and growth...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/arvind-kejriwal-health-services-fight-against-corona Kejriwal, health services, and India’s fight against the virus RN Bhaskar -- 12 March 2020 India is excellent at cancelling visas, banning visitors suspected of coronavirus. It may be capable of hospitalizing some people who test positive for the current virus...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-budget-2022-is-high-on-big-plans-short-on-a-reality-check Budget-22: Sightless and derelict RN Bhaskar Everybody was aware that the three critical problems confronting India are unemployment, health, and education. One expected Budget-22 to address them. To some extent, the employment issue may have been addressed (not entirely though).  But health...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/r-n-bhaskar-the-government-gets-richer-while-people-become-poorer/1004973 Demonetisation and the shrinking bank credit The finance minister is exultant. He proudly points to the surge in tax collections. He then uses these numbers to deny that demonetisation has led to any serious slowdown in the Indian economy.  His...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/r-n-bhaskar-relevance-of-amul-in-indias-page-part-2/746598 Why Amul Matters – II The government becomes its biggest threat. . . . . On 14 May 2015, Jethabhai P Patel, chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) made some very important statements that should make India’s...