Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, known for his outspoken candor when he was the U.S. ambassador in New Delhi in the mid-1970s, used to enjoy comparing the port cities of Singapore, Rangoon and Calcutta. In the late 1940s they were much alike: bustlin...
If you buy a car today, you can expect its delivery in a few days. And if you sell it after a few years, you would be lucky to get half the original purchase price. However, the case was not so under the License Permit Raj.
There were two major manuf...
In 1981-82, I was on deputation at International Crops, the Research Institute in Hyderabad (I was getting my salary in dollars there). It was the only International agricultural Institute in India at that time. International Agricultural Research In...
