http://www.freepressjournal.in/lessons-in-education-from-china-for-india/830650
What India can learn about education from China - I
Any way you look at it, there is a great sad irony underlining the approach of India and China to its own people and to the world.
India waxes eloquent about...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-judiciary-3-india-forgets-the-spirit-behind-the-rule-of-law-makes-a-mockery-of-justice
Judiciary -3: Please don't make a joke out of the rule of law
(All other articles in the Judiciary series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/03/the-judiciary-series/)
RN Bhaskar -- March 11, 2021
The past two months were witness to a piquant situation. On...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-trumpets-and-the-pipsqueaks-discordant-notes-writes-rn-bhaskar
The hype around India's economic growth
RN Bhaskar
When elections are round the corner, as they are in India, the tendency on the part of governments -- and those who wish to seek favours – is to engage in a bit...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/policy-watch-here-are-five-reasons-why-indias-qs-scores-should-worry-every-indian
Five reasons why India’s QS Scores should worry every Indian
RN Bhaskar -- June 18, 2020
The terrible performance of Indian educational institutions on the QS score ranking (see chart) was to have been expected. And was it just coincidental that...
R N Bhaskar
It came in as a thunderclap. In mid-May, speaking at the Business and Climate Conference in Paris, Ali Al-Naimi, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Petroleum and Minerals, dropped a bombshell.
He announced that fossil fuels wouldn’t be necessary in Saudi Arabia by...
R N Bhaskar
1 June 2015
Ask any veteran who has studied the history of ocean trade in India, and he will tell you that traditionally India has always suffered from sea blindness sickness.
In the past, it was possibly because the...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-frenetic-quest-for-talent-2029427
IITs - Frenetic quest for talent
Monday, 27 October 2014 - 6:38am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA | R N Bhaskar
As India refocuses attention on manufacturing, it should try to attract the best brains
The “Make in India” statement...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/r-n-bhaskar-policy-watch-liberate-temples-from-government-control/756036
Policy Watch
Temple trusts hold the key to social harmony
Rabid Hindutva groups have been espousing the “protection” of Hindu values in all sorts of clumsy ways – from beef bans to ghar wapsi. In fact, if these groups really want...
Bogus Aadhaar cards imperil both Census and elections
RN Bhaskar
Shri EAS Sarma has responded to this article by writing to the Election Commission. You can find his letter at https://asiaconverge.com/2023/04/india-elections-under-threat/
To appreciate this article better, it is important to take a...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/solar-power-shining-sun-fading-promises/1501865
Solar power: a story of missed opportunities
RN Bhaskar -- April 11, 2019
In February 2019, Bridge to India published its report for the fourth quarter of 2018. The country's total solar power generation capacity stood at 28.06 GW (see chart...










































