No lakh of daring

摘要

Ratan tata, chairman of the Tata group of companies, has a cerebral and cordial manner. But the "one-lakh car", which Tata Motors unveiled in Delhi to a rapt public on January 10th, is a product of impatience and chutzpah. Instead of waiting for the great swell of prosperity in India and elsewhere to create millions of customers for his company's products, Mr Tata has decided to wade out-further than any one has gone before-to bring a car to them.