This refers to the interview given by Montek Singh Ahluwalia to Karan Thapar published on February 14. The disclosure made by Ahluwalia disapproving the introduction of retrospective amendment to the I-T Act to nail Vodafone has ultimately led to the imminent closure of Voda-Idea despite a last-ditch effort to stay afloat by stitching together an amalgamation. In all fairness, the nation owes an apology to Vodafone, followed by withdrawal of all pending tax-related demands. By doing this, we will not only be saving lakhs of jobs and billions of public money, we will also be signalling to the entire international