Small wonders

Tata’s Nano has fuelled a revolution in the small-car segment, forcing other car manufactures to come up with a similar product, writes
Girija Shankar Kaura
Big is out, small is in! That is the big story that Tata’s Nano has stirred up in a country, starved of icons. The company and the car have become an icon, forcing the other car manufacturers in the country to follow suit and exploit that section of Indian society for which owning a car had, till now, been a dream.

Man of many roles
Prasoon Joshi, the poet, lyricist, screenwriter and advertising copywriter from Uttarakhand, who recently won the Best Lyricist award at the 55th National Awards for Taare Zameen Par, reminisces about his life in the hill state in a tête-à-tête with Hemant Singh Rana