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Mumbai's high rentals are a sign of sickness, not health
— By RN Bhaskar | Nov 02, 2017 07:04 am
Ask most people about expensive cities. They will tell you that New York is an expensive place to stay in. Or London. Or...
R N Bhaskar
23 March 2015
Like most stories, it has a moral too. It is particularly relevant for all those who believe in “Make in India”, in the basic minimum dignity that any Indian must enjoy, in affordable housing, and...
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R N Bhaskar | Updated: Jan 13, 2014, 08:54 AM IST, DNA
The agony of fragmentation of agricultural land holdings in India is an old story. What is alarming is that, today, almost 67% comprise small holdings –...
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...
BRICS’ gold backed currency could roil the markets
RN Bhaskar
The BRICS conference in Kazan, Russia, from October 22 to 24 2024, is just over. It brought gold centrestage.
BRICS has expanded from the original five – Brazil, Russia, India, China and...
Governance: hype, hope, and hell
RN Bhaskar
There is confusion that has gripped many Indians about the fate of the country’s polity and its future.
On the one hand there are eulogies about the enormous potential India holds out.
On the other are...
Policy watch
How good is Maharashtra’s land management?
RN Bhaskar
This is the first part of a two-part analysis of Maharashtra and Sugarcane. The first part can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2023/03/maharashtra-has-a-fatal-obsession-for-sugarcane/
Before one attempts to provide an answer to the question in the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/what-about-the-battery-charging-policy-2
Has the government forgotten about battery swapping?
RN Bhaskar – September 12, 2019
When the government announced its plans to usher in electric vehicles (EVs), it was jumping the gun. It should have worked on a battery policy first. Why?
The following...
Trump’s lies about Venezuela
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image source: Market Watch
January 3, 2026, was a red-letter day – for Venezuela, the US, the world and international law. All of them will now face consequences that will go...
Global growth requires much more than GDP and population
By RN Bhaskar
On 9 December, 2023, a senior minister of the Indian government spoke at an industry forum. He exhorted industrialists in the audience to collaborate further with the Government to...
