After 42 years of handwriting his columns, articles and books on scribblepads—at Debonair,The Sunday Observer, The Indian Post, The Independent, The Pioneer and Outlook*—and after hiding the vicious mouse behind his PC all his life, Outlook* editorial chairman Vinod Mehta writes his latest Diary on his new laptop, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
“I found the Google Search fantastic,” says the new convert, who has coincidentally discovered the joys of the world wide web.
“I used to ask the librarian to get me George Orwell but now I type in the window, I get more than I bargained for. Even the thesaurus, not only does it give the synonyms and antonyms, it comes up with so many other options.”
Mr Mehta would neither confirm nor deny that he will start tweeting soon.
* Disclosures apply
IJR 
Wow, if he got so much done just putting pen to paper, imagine how prolific he will become with access to a laptop and Google Search!
Is this something to be proud of?
Vinod Mehta is one of the finest editors in India. It is good that he has taken to technology at last.