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3. Remove Anti-dumping duty on import of old PCs There is a $200 anti-dumping duty on the import of old computers into India. Why? To protect a non-existent domestic manufacturing industry? India needs cheaper computers. If Intel and Microsoft, who between them control the processor and operating system for the computers, will not bring down … Continue reading TECH TALK: Letter to Arun Shourie (Part 3)

Dear Abhishek, I love your life. You wake up whenever you feel like sometime between 6 and 7 am. Unless you decide that 5:30 am is also a good time to be up and about. The responsibility of managing you early mornings is mine. We sit at the window, read books, play with toys, or … Continue reading TECH TALK: Letter to a Two-Year-Old: A Day in Your Life

The Internet is altering leisure time and communications. Email and Instant Messaging (IM) are creating links with people whom we otherwise may not have contacted. A decade ago, letter-writing was seemingly the only cost-effective to bridge distances between friends and family. Then came email. For a generation, the first whiff of typing was to send … Continue reading TECH TALK: Leisure and Entertainment: Internet