http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/india-begins-transforming-itself-but-r-n-bhaskar/958267
India transforms, but . . .
"The king is extremely cultured but....
The courtiers were charming, my stay as a guest of honour immensely comfortable, but...
The music in the king's court was exquisite, but...
The ladies were most beautiful, but...
The country was...
What US magic will be on display after 20 January 2025?
RN Bhaskar
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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/policy-watch-how-aadhaarpan-could-threaten-banking-and-financial-integrity
Article 139AA has created a big money laundering machine in India
RN Bhaskar
On 27 October 2020, there was a Twitter chat— “Curious case of PAN-Aadhaar linkage” -- that was organised by the prestigious Economic and Political Weekly (EPW). It raised...
1 June 2026
The unravelling disintegration of India
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Will India break up? That is the question security analysts have begun asking. The question assumes relevance because of three reasons
The silence over six Ukrainians...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/rn-bhaskar-relevance-of-amul-in-indias-page-part-1/742104
Relevance of Amul in India’s page – Part 1
— By RN Bhaskar | Dec 24, 2015 12:08 am
All through the 1980s, Verghese Kurien, the “Milkman of India” kept telling people that this country had a natural strategic advantage with milk...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-can-psus-help-improve-governments-balance-sheet/1081627
Can the government’s balance sheet be improved through revaluing PSUs?
— By RN Bhaskar | Jun 08, 2017 07:50 am
The government is caught between a rock and a hard place. It wants to create jobs through massive spending on infrastructure. But...
R N Bhaskar
20 July 2015
"Make in India" is a good slogan. But it depends critically on the making of people, character-building, even basic literacy in India. All this begins at school. School education is the most enduring way to...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/education-matters-thats-why-kejri-matters
Education lessons from Kejriwal
RN Bhaskar -- 5 March 2020
The recent Delhi elections confirmed one thing – that the formidable election machine Modi and the BJP had built was no match for the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Like all...
16 Feb 2026
India faces an exodus of money, people, and values
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Even as Piyush Goyal, Union minister for commerce, continues to be exultant about his New Zealand and EU FTAs and his trade...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-e-solutions-cannot-substitute-efficiency-integrity-and-intelligence
India stunts its own ecommerce potential
RN Bhaskar
India has always prided itself on its IT (information Technology) skills. It believes that it can become the world’s outsourcing hub for technology.
It believes that it could become the biggest ecommerce and esolutions...
