This is, it turns out, a perfect place for nurturing grapes that respond to warm, dry autumns--the Maremma is often glowing with anIndiansummer at harvesttime.
But the first two years of the new administration proved to be the budgetary equivalent of anIndiansummer for the defense sector, with military outlays actually exceeding the highest levels of the Bush years.
The summer range has been on sale for some time but the controversy started on Sunday when anIndian human resources executive, Amitabh Soni, saw mannequins bearing the brightly coloured bikinis.
Possibly worse than the sepulchral summer of 1974 when England walloped a weak Indian team 3-0 - twice by an innings - and India were skittled out for 42 - their lowest score ever - at Lord's.