Telecom Travails There are few times in my life when I am at a loss for words and folks who know me will attest to the fact that those moments are exceedingly rare ! Talking about the state of the Indian Telecom industry is one such situation. But writing a blog requires words to be put on paper, so here goes .... To say that the industry is in a mess is to state the obvious. If as a scientist I were to apply the principle of Occam's razor, the simplest explanation is that Telco execs have strong suicidal tendencies and the state of the companies they run can be said to validate the thesis. But a lot of them are good friends of mine and are intelligent, capable and dedicated people. So while the thesis is not a bad one, evidence suggests the cause lies elsewhere ! As with all human tragedies, the causes are manifold and as is always the the case, the principal actors had the noblest of intentions. But you know what they say about the road to he...