“I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden,
Along with the sunshine, there’s got to be a little rain sometime,
When you get, you gotta give, you’ve gotta live and let live oh, oh, oh ...”
A few years ago, when I was losing interest in MRA, a young friend brought me back into its fold. He is Bhanu Kale. His healthy criticism of our work did the magic. I saw him work full blast day and night to fulfill the objectives of our Trust. I would therefore like to begin this article by applauding Bhanu.
Finally the war has started. As we go to press, TV screen is full of images of US planes bombarding territories of Iraq. The world is on tenterhooks of a catastrophe.
With pleasure we present this special issue of Disha on Globalization in conjunction with the conference Embracing Opportunity — Creating Synergy. This issue may additionally be treated as a substitute for the souvenir that was proposed. This may also explain the first ever appearance of advertisements in Disha.