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...amused by how Robinson let little hiccups like power outages and cell-phone failures distort the big picture of India. The very fact that India's remote and hilly northeastern terrain has passable roads, SUVs, cell-phone service and hotels speaks of momentum and progress. India offers abundant opportunities to get rich quick. Indeed, the countless foreign businessmen and -women who come to India are worried more about cell connectivity in Delhi than malnourished children in Noida. I am a regular visitor to China and a keen follower of Chinese progress. One must realize that that country opened...
...carriers. Both portals, like Apple, have fiercely loyal fans. About 55% of those asked in a survey by Equs Group, a market research firm, said they would happily buy a Google or Yahoo-branded phone. It's a lucrative market: by 2010, about as many people will have a cell phone as a toothbrush...
...There was a time not too long ago when the wait for telephone service in some areas of Delhi territory was 15 years. Today it's different: I haven't heard any reports of cell-phone-signal dropout in the area Robinson mentioned. Yes, India has problems, but it has come a long way in the past few decades. And far from being a burden, democracy is our biggest insurance against momentum being gained in the wrong direction. Sunil Bajpai, NEW DELHI...
...amused by how Robinson let little hiccups like power outages and cell-phone failures distort the big picture of India. The very fact that India's remote and hilly northeastern terrain has passable roads, suvs, cell-phone service and hotels speaks of momentum and progress. India offers abundant opportunities to get rich quick. Indeed, the countless foreign businessmen and women who come to India are worried more about cell connectivity in Delhi than malnourished children in Noida. I am a regular visitor to China and a keen follower of Chinese progress. One must realize that that country opened...
...promise of embryonic stem cell research is not an abstract hope that there may be cures in distant future, but an expectation of concrete results in the near future. In mice, embryonic stem cells turned in dopamine have already been shown to ameliorate Parkinson’s disease. Embryonic stem cell research promises to save lives. Yet, it also poses pressing questions about where, exactly, the ethical boundaries are. Our country needs a new policy that engages the ethical questions, sets standards, and allows scientists to move forward...