B K Syngal: The man who brought the internet to India

KATHMANDU: In the early days of the internet in India, the man responsible for establishing some of the subcontinent’s first online connections was besieged with calls from harried ministers and bureaucrats.

As Brijendra K Syngal was to recount later, they were all complaining about the pornography easily available on the net. What is this ashleelta (a Hindi word for vulgarity) that you have brought into the country? they asked.