On 14/09/06, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
On Thursday 14 September 2006 10:19 am, krishnakant Mane wrote:
Actually it was the late PM Rajiv Gandhi. He brought in the technocrats. He was the one who forced powerful vested interests in the system on the backfoot and shoved India on the road to modernisation. Telecommunications ( he forced the DOT to permit use fax machines !. It was ILLEGAL !!! until 86 afair ), Internet, computerisation. If it werent for him we would still be stuck with designing "modern" bullockcarts to the exclusion of everything else. We are where we are cause this man stuck his neck out.
-- Rgds JTD
yes you are right. now not to start politics on the thread. but actually it was he who is the reason for the existance of India as the would be IT super power which will happen any time. hats off to him. as a human being and as a leader he was great. Krishnakant.