https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-could-witness-a-dramatic-decline-in-asian-leadership
Leadership also requires markets and money. India could lose out
RN Bhaskar
There are disturbing undercurrents in the Indian markets. On the surface the waters look calm. But underneath, they are restless. Investors, like swimmers, know that venturing into such waters...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/indias-deceptive-economic-performance
India's economic performance may be worse than is being claimed
RN Bhaskar
Last week government sources were proud to showcase India’s GDP growth during the current fiscal at 13.5 %. It was left to analysts to point out that this was...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-agri-laundromat-error-or-cover-up/1011862
Agriculture as laundromat and five reasons why the income tax story does not wash
— By RN Bhaskar | Feb 02, 2017 08:30 am
After almost ten months of silence, the government of India finally came forth with some (rather strange) answers....
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-policy-watch-govt-control-not-the-best-way-to-manage-temple-trusts-1876444
Govt control not the best way to manage temple trusts
Should a government be allowed to control the funds of any community? Community leaders have begun posing this question, as one temple trust after another has got ‘nationalised’ by state...
6 April 2026
Will UAE survive?
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: Times of India
Two months ago, Dubai was the place to go to if you had the money and an appetite for fun. There were playgrounds for kids. If...
Baulking away from the Census, Household spending and PISA surveys - is something amiss?
RN Bhaskar
The metaphor that could best describe India is an empty classroom in a not too swanky school. This is the image which comes to mind...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-roubles-getting-stronger
You cannot wish the rouble away
RN Bhaskar
Yes, it is counter intuitive. Many expected Russia to buckle after the first news of serious mistakes in its military strategy against Ukraine. Many may have thought or hoped that the bear would...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/stressed-assets-sometimes-crooks-squeal-loudest-r-n-bhaskar/880378
Stressed assets: Scamsters try to squeal their way out
Over the last fortnight, most headlines talked about Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), deciding to go back to academics after his term with the RBI got over this...
Modi warms up to China
By RN Bhaskar
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In some ways, one could say that Prime minister Modi has the proverbial nine lives of a cat. His visit to Tianjin in China this September could provide him a...
R N Bhaskar
13 April 2015
First, the caveat. This analysis is not meant to hurt the sentiments of any community. It is to present scenarios which should be considered seriously.
Now, the analysis.
True, India is the world #1 in both milk...
