Wednesday, December 25, 2024
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/distressed-times-just-watch-what-is-happening-to-gold When people stop buying gold in India, there is cause to worry RN Bhaskar At one level, this should be cause for celebration.  Gold imports into India crashed during 2020 (see chart).  Lower import of this yellow metal means a smaller...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-can-africa-become-the-new-market-to-stump-india   (The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/) Is it strike #3 for India’s position as an attractive market? Will Africa trounce India? I deal in facts, not forecasting the future. That's crystal ball stuff. That doesn't work.                 -- Peter...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-5-nail-biting-moments-can-india-be-revived Agenda V - India can be revived, but much needs to be done first (The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/) By RN Bhaskar First, they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.                   ...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-4-stop-fiddling-with-agri-edible-oil-prices Agenda #4 – Edible oil prices soar when demand is down RN Bhaskar (The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/) “April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.” -- TS Eliot,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-3-dont-shoot-down-messengers-dont-fudge-the-numbers Agenda #3 -- Messengers matter. Encourage them. Don’t deter them RN Bhaskar (The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/) Many people do not know that the man who made the shooting down of messengers repugnant in law and practice is the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-2-cezs-can-help-india-revive-from-its-continuous-decline https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-2-cezs-can-help-india-revive-from-its-continuous-decline Policy watch Agenda #2 –  CEZs can bail India out of this economic crisis (The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/) RN Bhaskar “For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings ...” Richard...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-for-the-government-1-dont-meddle-with-the-dairy-sector Agenda for the government – #1. Dairy farming is the lifeblood of rural India RN Bhaskar (The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/) This article has two recommendations. The first is that the health minister needs to be replaced.  He promotes neither...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/shrinking-modi-bjp-even-india When Modi, the BJP and India begin shrinking “When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.” — Lin Yutang RB Bhaskar Elections for five states are over -- West Bengal, Tamil Nadu Kerala, Assam,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-will-not-understand-governance-till-uttar-pradesh-is-tamed India's cross will be the badlands of Uttar Pradesh RN Bhaskar “Pity the nation whose people are sheep And whose shepherds mislead them , , , My country, tears of thee Sweet land of liberty” Excerpted from Pity the Nation by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article137279578.html) Uttar...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-the-curse-of-being-an-abandoned-child-in-india India's callous and brutal approach towards the abandoned girl child RN Bhaskar In March 2021, India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) took possession of a Rs 1.45 crore worth Delhi-based property belonging to Asha, wife of Brajesh Thakur, the main accused in Muzaffarpur...