Monday, March 17, 2025
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/arvind-kejriwal-health-services-fight-against-corona Kejriwal, health services, and India’s fight against the virus RN Bhaskar -- 12 March 2020 India is excellent at cancelling visas, banning visitors suspected of coronavirus. It may be capable of hospitalizing some people who test positive for the current virus...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/coronavirus-nobody-likes-epidemics-but-dont-demonise-countries COVID-19 is a global emergency RN Bhaskar  --  27 February, 2020 All epidemics are terrifying, as they defy man’s capabilities -- of how to cope with them, even if temporarily. They frighten both common folk as well as health administrators. It is...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/verghese-kuriens-milk-model-curdled How the government has curdled the Verghese Kurien’s milk model RN Bhaskar  -- 20 February, 2020 If you can read the tea leaves – you can predict that the government will decimate the Kurien model for milk production, nutrition and growth...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/shouldnt-india-issue-a-travel-advisory-against-trips-to-the-us-4916171.html Coronavirus and other epidemics: Shouldn’t India issue a travel advisory against trips to the US? RN Bhaskar  --  6 Feb 2020 First, a caveat.  The author is no authority on viruses, and has based his arguments on the basis of material...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/lost-opportunities-fading-visionudget2020: lost opportunities, fading vision Budget2020: Great expectations; big disappointment RN Bhaskar  --  6 Feb 2020 Hopes of reviving the economy appear to have faded.  There were so many things the government could have done.  Rooftop solar which reduces import bills and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-what-to-look-out-for-in-budget-202 Budget 2020 might be an eyeweash without these changes RN Bhaskar  --  30 January 2020 This article appears on these pages just a day before the budget.  It is too late to suggest what the government should do.  But it is...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/arbitration-need-to-protect-investments Protect investments and arbitration; else the economic pain will worsen RN Bhaskar  -- 23 January 2020 The recent reckless remarks against Amazon’s Jeff Bezos’s investment announcements have upset the global financial community.  The government’s subsequent claim that the remarks were taken...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/the-world-loves-gold-india-confused-amid-uncertain-economic-situation India is confused about dealing with gold RN Bhaskar  -- January 16, 2020 In the aftermath of the US armed forces assassinating General Soleimani of Iran, prices of gold spiked.  The more the world becomes an uncertain place, the more people...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/who-is-a-voter-pray-tell-us Who is a voter, pray? RN Bhaskar  --  9 January 2020 Battle-lines are drawn between those who object to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and those who support it.  The roots of the CAA lie in the Assam Accord, which was...