30 March 2026
The Middle east war will scar India badly
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: Copilot
The war in the Middle East continues. It could escalate further. The recklessness on the part of the US and Israel in starting...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/r-n-bhaskar-india-losing-despite-onward-march-of-renewables/1089333
The onward march of renewables. . .
. . . but India may lose a big opportunity
— By R N Bhaskar | Jun 22, 2017 07:15 am
The US has walked out of the Paris agreement for containing green house gas (GHG) emissions. ...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/water-tankers-can-make-messrs-vijay-mallya-nirav-modi-and-rahul-choksi-blanch
Water tankers make more money that the biggest alleged scamsters
RN Bhaskar -- 20 June 2019
When it comes to making money, Mumbai’s water tanker overlords could teach Messrs. Mallya, Modi and Choksi a thing or two. Water tankers make more...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/pending-cases-and-political-criminality/694252
Pending cases - how the mafia gains legitimacy
There is one question most social scientists have been grappling with for ages – what is the difference between a government and the mafia? After all, both collect protection money, though the...
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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/telecom-market-rigging-despite-auctions-r-n-bhaskar/928112
Telecom: Ways for the government to rig it despite auctions
Within a couple of months, the government will embark on its largest spectrum auction. It will be auctioning 2,345 MHz of spectrum, the largest ever spectrum auction in the history...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/column-policy-watch-lost-mantra-of-grow-more-with-less-1949931
R N Bhaskar | Updated: Jan 13, 2014, 08:54 AM IST, DNA
The agony of fragmentation of agricultural land holdings in India is an old story. What is alarming is that, today, almost 67% comprise small holdings –...
Will debt spur India’s GDP growth this time despite textiles languishing?
RN Bhaskar
On 31 October, 2023, the RBI governor, Shaktikanta Das, stated that the growth momentum in the economy continues to be strong, and that the GDP number for the...
The India infrastructure hype
RN Bhaskar
Last week, the government announced that it would be embarking on another large investment outlay for infrastructure. As a media report (https://indianexpress.com/article/india/govts-big-infra-push-nod-to-road-projects-worth-rs-50655-crore-9491780/) put it, “In a big push to infrastructure spending, the Union government Friday...
R N Bhaskar
9 February 2015
On 23 January 2014, this author received a letter from the “Court of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities” informing him that his case had been “closed”. He had complained about the railways not being...
