| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi could not have imagined | | | | for my new company. How delicious it must feel to all |
| connecting with his ardent disciple George Harrison on | | | | those who have known and suffered under the old |
| a cellular phone. He would have relied on telepathy or | | | | system! |
| some other transcendental power to listen to "Jai | | | | Development's strides are bold and broad. Satya Paul |
| Gurudeva ..." with Harrisson's guitar strumming along. | | | | saris today cost as much as Armani jackets. A rapidly |
| Times have changed. | | | | growing middle class breezes through the milestones |
| A $2 Billion Indian mobile handset market is set to grow | | | | that their fathers had to toil all their lives to reach. A |
| by over 60% in two years. Pretty dramatic. Nokia has | | | | phone. A watch. A TV. A car. A house. |
| 59% market share of the 60 Million user base. Cellular | | | | Vivekananda had said, "Arise, awake, and stop not till |
| networks cover only 30% of the country, set to | | | | the goal is reached." 200 Million people are still living in |
| increase to 75% by 2006. Presumably 100% by the | | | | abject poverty. That is 80% the size of the US |
| end of the decade? | | | | population. How long will it take, before development's |
| Contrast this with just 10 years back. I had to wait 8 | | | | magic wand touches this segment, and lifts them out |
| months to get a set of business phone lines installed | | | | of despair? |