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Indian summerI came across an interesting story in The New York Times last week, which could be a particular boon to my wayward son, Sebastian (though not quite as wayward as sometimes I would like him to be - his very being reminds me of the old stand-up comic staple, "Seriously folks, I take my wife everywhere. She always finds her way home!"). It seems that a growing number of US MBA students, delightful creatures that they no doubt are, are taking time off from their studies to spend time in India. Nothing new there, you might think: shiftless students have for decades taken time off from hanging round in pubs wasting their parents' money to take the hippy trail through India wasting their parents money. The difference this time is that this new breed of students, never too...

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