https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-india-hope-for-speedier-justice
Judiciary - Part IV: The curse of judicial delays
(All other articles in the Judiciary series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/03/the-judiciary-series/)
RN Bhaskar
India has a way with words to disguise its lack of intention. In its attempt to justify its judicial...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-a-sightless-government-isnt-even-aware-where-gold-is-and-in-what-forms
Gold mining – II
Gold mining II: The government does not admit where gold can be mined
RN Bhaskar -- 24 December 2020
Indians love gold. And India ends up importing around 700-800 tonnes of gold on an average (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/10/gold-smuggling-ii-a-cleanup-is-urgently-needed/). Each tonne...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/euthanasia-debate-relieving-a-human-life-from-agony-is-not-himsa-2783646.html
Maharashtra’s misdemeanours
The Income tax data released by the government of India last fortnight has thrown up some very interesting figures (http://www.freepressjournal.in/income-inequality-taxes-and-the-indian-state-rn-bhaskar/845855).
Start with the all-India data for the states (ignoring the data for Union territories and for the newly...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/opinion-rural-markets-will-decide-indias-revival
Government policies have hurt India's rural economy
RN Bhaskar
Rural markets are in a froth. Another farm agitation appears to be brewing (https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/why-a-farmers-agitation-2-0-begins-to-roll-out-in-delhi-11097951.html). It could be messier than the first (https://asiaconverge.com/2020/12/farmer-agitations-fueled-by-corruption-politics-and-power/).
And the reasons are not hard to find. The gaps between...
The downward slide of the US dollar could presage the collapse of other countries
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
The US dollar is under siege. Linked to it are the fortunes of the US, Israel and Ukraine. Even the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/gold-smuggling-turn-the-spotlight-from-kerala-to-govt-policies
Gold smuggling - I
Part II can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/10/gold-smuggling-ii-a-cleanup-is-urgently-needed/)
A beneficiary of flawed government policies.
RN Bhaskar
There’s an apocryphal story about a man blinded because he stole the gold that he saw lying unattended on the table in his master’s...
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...
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/policy-watch-demographics-and-weaponsising-unemployables
Policy watch
Short-tenure recruitment of unemployables in the army will weaponise them
RN Bhaskar
Last fortnight, the government let it be known it was contemplating introducing short term recruitment – of three year tenures – into the Indian army (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/armed-forces-may-soon-recruit-soldiers-on-short-term-contracts/articleshow/90671646.cms?from=mdr). According to...
India and China warm up to each other. Russia could be the marriage-maker
RN Bhaskar
The last two months have been turbulent for India. In a way, this is a microcosm of what the world has witnessed during the past two...
