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January 2, 1999

Two is competition
MTNL has competition from Hughes Ispat which has the
licence to provide basic telephony services in Maharashtra.

Fat lot of good
You see this plump chap in khaki, talking so sincerely into the mobile phone and you guess he's busy.

At the receiving end
'With globalisation, everyone in the country are free birds
and have the prerogative of access to external institutions.'

'My mother was alive when she was buried'
'The overpowering stench of decay and deceit is what I still remember best about the Shakereh Khaleeli murder case.'