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...
As handouts drained the budget and restrictions hampered growth, there was an almost culpable lack of attention to the country's infrastructure (with the solitary exception of the railways, whose development has been a rare triumph). The country's ov...
Cycles required a Registered Token (a small piece of Coin Shaped Aluminium) issued by the Coimbatore Municipality and affixed to the cycle. The cost of the token was 15 Naya Paise and it was to be renewed every year. 15 Naya paise could get you a dec...
