Wednesday, July 22, 2026
R N Bhaskar 6 January 2014 The government of India likes to claim it is committed to uplifting its people. But, sadly, most numbers point towards a different direction. Consider the table alongside. Even a cursory glance will show you that the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/ailing-airlines-victim-of-the-governments-meddling-hand/1531739 Airlines become victims of the government’s meddling hand RN Bhaskar May 23, 2019 By now, almost every industry analyst has begun to write-off Jet Airways.  Jet had big dreams. It had benefitted from many favourable government policy decisions – right from...

25 May 2026 It is panic stations for India and Modi By R N Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image: CoPilot Across the world, people have begun talking about how the government has panicked. And how Modi has started running away from people....
R N Bhaskar 31 August 2015 India has finally begun to make its mark in solar energy. Significantly, as was the case with Germany, solar power costs have been falling year-on-year.  It is worth recalling that it was Germany which catalysed this...
In the Bing generated image above, the onlooker observes how pygmies try to weigh down a larger and more powerful person.  That can be a terrible tragedy when the big and powerful are sought to be pulled down by...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-textiles-ii-apparel-apparition T & A II: Missing a sound apparel policy RN Bhaskar     -   The first part of this article can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2021/11/indias-textiles-and-apparels-can-achieve-a-lot-more/) When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are...
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.freepressjournal.in/analysis/legalise-work-permits-for-immigrants/1118599 Work-permits for migrants needed urgently — By RN Bhaskar | Aug 10, 2017 07:34 am Hatred against immigrants is not peculiar to India alone. But it is at its peak when economic conditions are harsh, and a local population looks unkindly at people...
The folly of losing friends, influence and money Image generated using https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img By RN Bhaskar In the second week of May 2025, India decided to cancel security clearances for the Turkish company Celebi (https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/turkey-celebi-aviation-india-aiports-13888717.html). It had begun delivering world-class ground handling and cargo...
27 April 2026 Russia pushes out US from India By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image: India Today The news item in Al Jazeera on 24 April 2026 was cataclysmic -- https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/4/24/russian-troops-warships-in-india-soon-why-their-new-military-pact-matters.  Much of India’s mainstream media has not covered this item. ...