Shiva Gaunle mentions the name of certain royal relatives who have a stake in the new private mobile venture ('A phony business', #262). The involvement of the ministry, the NTA in this deal is a scandal that will one day need to be probed. But don't hold your breath while this group is in power. The increasing involvement of the civil (and uncivil) service in business is now becoming too blatant to ignore.

S Kumar, Sanepa