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To: k.ramesh who wrote (1697)	1/29/1998 8:37:00 AM
From: LKO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

You should send this kind of real life example to Manmohan Singh, ... And try naming any non european, non american country that has built a trans national company without a wink and a nod from the government, The Japanese zaibatsu's and the Chaebols ... you know. ... Indians felt that getting exploited by an Indian firm was preferable to a multinational. Ramesh, your comments reveal the kind of thinking that government in India promotes to justify its broken ways...or atleast did in the past. Creating a good business climate would help entrepeneurs in India and people of India first before it helps investors from US like Worsewick who may complain because they have seen something better. Also, I do not find your analogies of tobacco subsidies comaprable as they are political extremes and not what a normal person opening a business in US faces (or in Japan). In your message #1510 which I resisted commenting on earlier :-) you also talk about "resign itself to making stuff for Pier 1 imports". That also represents a certain thinking which is not healthy to improve quality of life of people. The key is being best at what you do and being proud of it. Should I be appreciate more the excellent work of a nice pillow covers from India and carpets I bought in Pier 1 imports a few years ago or the buggy device driver for a card that was written in India by a bad software engineer ? Italians seem to make a good living of making shoes (another product from India I see often in stores ). Should they be proud of only their Lumborghini's and not the shoes ? There is nothing wrong with making stuff for Pier 1 imports and whoever do it should be proud of it. I know a country that has perfected and made money from marketing and selling sugar, water, flavor and fizz (Coke) and a slab of meat with bread (McDonalds) and does so proudly all over the world :-) Take care....

To: k.ramesh who wrote (1697)	1/29/1998 9:36:00 AM
From: Worswick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

Ramesh and Mohan I didn't ever mean to go after you in any way, whatsoever. I enjoy your posts immensley. Really, what I do hope for passionately... is for the people of India to get a fair shake. After centuries of oppression from the British, the French, the Dutch, the Moghuls... what India doesn't need is more small minded people with selfish interests. I once asked a Chinese historian why the historian of China was so bleak. He thought for a moment. "It is because, " he replied slowly, " Chinese have no sense of coutnry. They think only of themselves and their famlies." In India you and Mohan are a great credit to your country. You think of India before yourselves. That is why India will have a great future. I constantly think it is wonderful that you absolutely leap to the barricades in defense of your country. I think Sankar, of Sankar and what appears to be his type -- the small minded little babu with his scratchings, his dhoti, and his dinky gods of service. His type is usually found in the postal service, say in the Murshidabad district, where his cold passions dictate the selling of fifty anna stamps and fighting over the grubby change in tattered rupee notes. Instead, people like him have made India what it is. Bureaucrats. Educational bureacrats. Government bureacrats. Rule ridden idiots. Now, they are given PhD's by American institutions and given sinecures, tenure, heat/light/ and consulting positions at the Federal Reserve. But people like you Ramesh and Mohan are the hope of India. I think, however, you shaould know your enemy. Because the bureacrats are the enemy... make no mistake about this. The politicans; the bureacrats; and, the running dog banias who have never competed and can never compete in a world market. I have no doubt that you will win. That the people of India will win.