The Touring Season

The Touring Season Romesh Thapar EVEN though an economic crisis of considerable gravity is beginning to mature, and the crises around Bangla Desh take on a sharper focus, life in the Capital goes on very much as before. Yes, Indira Gandhi is finding it more and more difficult to sample the opinions of all and sundry as time has become valuable, but her ministerial colleagues are not nearly so obsessed with work. Indeed, all manner of tours, internal and external, are under way.