Free internet access
The inevitable has happened. Caltiger.com has rolled out plans to offer free Internet access in several cities. That move is part and parcel of the Internet culture, where paying for a service is the exception rather than the rule.

Distortions in oil economy
Post-budget, there is a baffling silence on the issue of hiking oil product prices (principally of kerosene and diesel). In the weeks preceding the budget, there was some loud thinking about raising prices.