Supreme court of India makes a landmark judgement cancelling 122 telecom licences. This flies in the face of the argument of telecom minister who had termed it as zero loss. It would have been worth his while if he had checked as to why the same spectrum went out at 16 crore per MHz in 2G, when the same could bring in 180 crore per MHz in an open auction.
Dr. Subramanium Swamy comes out as a proud crusader, who fought a lonely battle and lived to tell it. Industry raises concern that this will impact investment which is absolutely confusing. When Enron did not impact US market as investment destination. My view is that it will undoubtedly create some temporary volatility, but it will eventually proclaim the lofty height of Indian justice systems which it, even in today's gloomy world is capable of scaling to when called for. I suppose, only market
I find a peg in the otherwise disbalanced world and not only because the same minister who drives the ministry now, runs ministry of education, an eloquent writer looking for ways to censure internet and can not even ensure a decent school for my child when I in my limited intelligence could not fathom the meaning of right to education.
Picture Courtesy- GettyImages I am an only child, though not a child anymore. My childhood went in search of friendships outside the home, and waiting for the evening to come by to immerse into those rare moments of camaraderie. Our days, the Pre-Appu childhood, was largely supervised by our parents. I do not much remember visiting my friend’s place in childhood. Much unlike my daughter and her friends who keep meeting up in their homes. My friends were kids of my father’s colleagues and we met when they met. Friendships were formed and finished in the children park. The interspersed period of loneliness was filled up by books. It was from Comics to pocket-books to Geeta Press to even, Indian Classics like Ramayana and Mahabharata . They filled up my days of solitude with rare happiness. I was called introvert and adults left me alone. It was an arrangement which we both liked. There was no other arrangement in the view. For some reasons, parents those days did not appr...
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