Straws in the Wind*

The Yogi and the ComputerIn a recent London Spectator (August 5), the Indian writer, Ved Mehta, reflected upon how technology has liberated us but materialism may enslave us. (May?)Having left India 50 years ago, he looks back upon the India of his childhood and how it stands now.He does this as part of a more general account of the effects upon our world, of the advance of technology, and the Spirit of the Age — Materialism.India’s population has more than trebled over that time, but the st…

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