The government creates godmen, destroys values, in pursuit of power and wealth
RN Bhaskar
Last week the police finally registered an FIR (First Information Report, a document which must be prepared before criminal investigations begin) against priest and ‘godman’ Yati Narsinghanand...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/when-aspirations-become-achievements-r-n-bhaskar/1367956
Barclays-Hurun-Rich-List-2018
Celebrating wealth generators
RN Bhaskar
It is when news like the Barclays Hurun Rich List get splashed around in the media that one actually begins to appreciate how rapidly India has been changing. The sharp increase in the number of wealthy...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/expect-2018-to-be-more-unsettling-than-2017/1178960
An unsettling 2018
— By RN Bhaskar | Nov 30, 2017 07:52 am
Most marketmen are a bit confused about what the markets and the leading economies have in store for 2018. The first of such reports is already out. Credit Suisse...
R N Bhaskar
20 April 2015
Private faces in public places
Are wiser and nicer
Than public faces in private places
—WH Auden
Can religion influence business? Yes indeed! A good indicator is the decline in cow population in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh....
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/solar-pumps-nddb-and-the-birth-of-pm-kusum-2
Solar pumps and water mismanagement -- NDDB and KUSUM
RN Bhaskar – 29 August, 2019
The introduction of solar pumps in the Indian market was thought to be the perfect solution for aiding farmers in arid regions with neither electricity nor...
The Census is needed urgently post elections
By RN Bhaskar
The Bing-generated image about elections suggests many things – the watchful eyes of the lion looms over the election booth. The peaceful wait of citizens outside polling booths. The Ashoka lion...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/labour-pains-that-threaten-the-government/
Labour pains that threaten the government
— By R N Bhaskar | Oct 15, 2015 02:53 am
The stakes for the government at the centre are growing higher by each passing month. The spectre of unemployment looms larger with each passing month. Almost...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/does-anybody-care-for-the-dead/679682
Oct 08, 2015 12:16 am
The Sheena Bora murder brought the issue in sharp focus. The murder of poor innocents, as part of sacrifice to the gods to appease them and to protect the interests of a mining baron...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/great-times-ahead-for-infotainment-industry/1182960
India's media industry can do a great deal better
— By RN Bhaskar | Dec 07, 2017 07:15 am
It could be the industry which offers people the best of hopes; but it is an industry that could turn most cynical as...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/lessons-to-be-learnt-about-npa-recovery/1428359
NPA recovery is not easy to manage
RN Bhaskar January 3, 2019
The recently published Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2017-18 brought out by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is a veritable goldmine of information on...
