It was up and away in a plume of fire almost before the human eye could capture it, with the promise of putting the Indian tricolour on the moon by mid-November.
We see several Pucca houses being constructed in place of dilapidated and tiled structures on both sides of the road as our car speeds past Siruvachhur, Sirkanpur, Nathakadu and Illupaikudi villages in the Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu. To describe the construction activity as feverish would be an understatement.
