After the entirely inexplicable sound and fury of 2006 and 2007, when even the rumours of a mid-level manager appointment at Reliance Retail made headline news, when spokespersons of the Left (and a few other parties) routinely frothed venom at the danger of modern, organised retail, and when a report from ICRIER on the impact of modern retail was being awaited with greater anticipation than J K Rowling