India, June 18 -- This is a true story-one that my close friend shared with me not long ago. It's his memory, vivid and unshaken by time, that I now recount here exactly as he told it. Because sometimes, the quietest moments leave the deepest impressions.
The Simplicity That Stood Out
More than forty years ago, when my friend was a curious Class 10 student, he stumbled upon something in The Economist that would leave a mark-not an article, not a headline, but an advertisement. It was discreetly tucked away on the back page. It didn't clamour for attention, didn't boast with fanfare. And yet, it found a permanent place in his memory-refusing to fade even after decades.
This was the 1980s-an era untouched by the internet, when television c...