In the 1970s, a state fertilizer plant had been set up at Haldia in the state of West Bengal. Besides bungalows for managers and nice flats for workers in a sparkling new township, the plant entailed wide roads, bright lights, a school, a dispensary,...
Draconian controls on the cement industry were first clamped during the Second World War, across distribution channels, purchase prices and quotas for open market sales. It was amusing, even tragic, to see the amount of tinkering that the government...
One pertinent development which occurred in 1991 was the advent of Star TV. I think it was the first one to come. Today people like me who are serving in a particular force are not very much affected but the kids who are growing up. They have a much...
