India must find new ways to cope with global fragmentation
RN Bhaskar
There is global fragmentation all around. And India has already begun reconsidering many of the policies it had introduced and was quite smug about. Two developments of last week...
Be careful! Spouting hopeful figures about the economy is not enough.
RN Bhaskar
If one listens to the euphoric outpourings of India’s Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran, the country’s economy is in great shape. Just last week he exuded...
China could rebound faster than many imagine
RN Bhaskar
Not a week passes without Western media trying to put out one story or the other about what is wrong with China. But such sneers are not a new development.
They were evident...
Yarns government spokespersons spin about jobs and growth
By RN Bhaskar
The government may say that the economy is looking good, and that India is on the rise.
But some key indicators are flashing red. Few jobs, little growth and a bleak...
NINJAs on hire with no education, no income
By RN Bhaskar
Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.
― Heinrich Heine
The crazed public lynchings and burnings have begun. The depressing part is that they, like many other...
A huge educational crisis confronts India – can it be saved?
By RN Bhaskar
In October 2004, IITD (Indian Institute of Technology – Delhi) ranked 13th in the first edition of the QS University Rankings (https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/brics-rankings/top-universities-india). By 2024, its ranking had...
Does India really care for education?
RN Bhaskar
This is an article about education. Medicare will be looked at later. Its immediate provocation is witnessing the constant chest-thumping claims of politicians – and occasionally even industrialists – that India’s march towards...
A new policy direction for solar is required in India
By RN Bhaskar
If one goes by statements and posturing, India is the best visionary for solar. Remember how the government announced its
Too many announcements
Just consider the number of statements and...
India’s numbers only tell a fragmented story
RN Bhaskar
In January 2024. Fitch affirmed a BBB- rating for India (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/fitch-maintains-bbb-sovereign-rating-for-india-with-a-stable-outlook-amid-strong-growth/articleshow/106904607.cms?from=mdr). So did almost every other major ratings agency in the world. Many in the government, and a few outside it as...
Wrecking is easier than creating
RN Bhaskar
The Bing generated image shows a Samson-like figure wrecking buildings. Some people can be seen clapping in adulation. Others are fearful. The recent move by the venerable State Bank of India (SBI) seeking more...
