Getting Caught in the Technology Trap

Getting Caught in the Technology Trap THE presentation of the Defamation Bill and its passage through the Lok Sabha at breakneck speed has raised an unprecedented political storm such as the ruling establishment had not bargained for. This has forced the government to halt in mid- track in its search for desperate remedies for its vulnerable plight on the score of corruption charges. But looking for desperate remedies for its mounting political ailments has become the standard style of functioning of the ruling caucus. On the economic front too the hope entertained by it that, with a very good monsoon and bumper crops, the economy would bounce back to the growth path is turning out to be somewhat facile.