Navigating the Net

face="Arial" size="2">December 1998. Looking forward to a break to get away from the rush

and buzz of everyday work, the telephone calls, and especially, the two-hundred or so

e-mail that come in every day, I landed up in the lower Himalayas.

At the bus station in Dehradun, a telephone booth caught my

attention—STD-ISD-FAX-EMAIL. E-mail! Here in Dehradun? Again in Rishikesh I found a

phone booth offering e-mail. Rishikesh and e-mail? Yes sir. And Intenet browsing too. The

same story repeated at Laxman Jhoola.

The Internet has changed the world like few things before

it. It has changed the way we communicate, get information, do business. And it’s

everywhere. With proper equipment you could get your e-mail even on top of Mount Everest!

And there are plans to extend the Internet out into space, to the moon and to other

planets. And maybe to a few stars too!

Here we explore the many facets of the Internet. Our

hands–on articles will tell you how you can use it for fun and for business. And

beyond browsing, beyond mail, what the Net has to offer you...