YAWN!
"In the virtual world, we virtually promise everything but deliver virtually nothing."
this caption from one of the cartoons exhibited at the Indian Science Congress 2001 sums up the outcome of the massive jamboree, held in Delhi from January 3 to 7. The prime minister promised food for all, the scientists "expressed concern' over almost everything, and biotech companies appeared in a borrowed green garb. The sponsors included us biotech giant Syngenta, which also produces pesticides, and Monsanto. The theme was
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