Friday, February 13, 2026
What US magic will be on display after 20 January 2025? RN Bhaskar Picture from https://www.canva.com/ The countdown has begun. The world watches with bated breath. All eyes are on the US.  What will it do after January 20, when Trump assumes...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/2023-woes-government-myopia-has-hurt-the-economy-writes-rn-bhaskar 2023 woes - Government myopia has hurt the economy RN Bhaskar The first week of the new year had two bits of bad news for India.  First, the country witnessed data from the CMIE which showed that unemployment rate in India...
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.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-oh-shit-a-rs-150617-crore-business-2033671 Waste-management Oh shit! A Rs 150,617 crore business Biogas is finally beginning to attract some of the biggest names in the markets. Tata Power just announced that it has helped set up 36 biogas plants in and around Mundra in Gujarat....
India is being colonial when it comes to ignoring Asia RN Bhaskar The image was generated using https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img In early 2025, something happened which startled China. It woke up Asia, and then the world. An ancient tomb was found hidden behind the country's...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-the-spectre-of-corruption-rises-grows-larger-and-is-fed-by-indian-politics Corruption grows larger, economy and legislation take a back seat RN Bhaskar In January 2020, alarm bells were already ringing.  India had s slipped from #78 in ranking on corruption last year to #80. The ranking was on the Corruption Perceptions...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/and-silently-flows-the-ganges/1265081 The Ganges remains polluted RN Bhaskar | Apr 26, 2018 07:39 am No other river in India evokes the faith, love and  disgust that the Ganga is famous for.  It is a river than breathes history.  Its banks have hosted towns and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-2-cezs-can-help-india-revive-from-its-continuous-decline https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-2-cezs-can-help-india-revive-from-its-continuous-decline Policy watch Agenda #2 –  CEZs can bail India out of this economic crisis (The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/) RN Bhaskar “For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings ...” Richard...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/cattle-semen-is-a-big-business-indeed India becomes a major player in the cattle semen business RN Bhaskar  --  September 25, 2019 Ask Dr. Omveer Singh, managing director of NDDB Dairy Services, and he will tell you that cattle semen production is increasingly becoming a very important...
R N Bhaskar January 28, 2014 First, the good news. The government finally cleared a slew of projects worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore what had been gathering dust, possibly because it adopted a suitcase by suitcase approach towards clearances. There was also...