So India goes down the history as the first nation on earth to document the presence of water on Moon surface. Thank you ISRO!
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What is in our clothes.
Zelensky was asked in the White House why he couldn’t he wear a suit. Why should he? Our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji hardly wears a 3 piece suit. He is wearing kind of national official dress for men. Our confidence level is good wearing comfy clothes. There is pride in wearing clothes reflecting our culture and heritage. Plus, wearing the regular national clothes puts you at ease. To give the national dress an official makeover, Modi ji throws a Nehruvian jacket over it. That completes the look. I don’t think Trump ji ever had a problem with that or referred to it. So its not the clothes that can be a problem. Its the personality that you are. Clothes are an external endorsement, that’s all. But we don’t need that if they know who you are.
Smt. Indira Gandhi, ex woman prime minister of India draped saris and never wore the western clothes. She headed India from before Margaret Thatcher arrived on the scene. Her casual elegance in sari is what impresses me the most. As a woman I can appreciate her taste in her saris, the prints, the ethnic motifs, the weaves of India mostly handloom. She was a picture of understated elegance. I adore the statement she made as a woman of India, head of the Indian state and as a powerful presence as a woman. Sadly she was assassinated when I was still in school, after she ruled India already for over 17 years. She made a mincemeat of the US president Nixon and Henry Kissinger and neatly cut Pakistan into 2 pieces. Iron lady, the original one. I miss her era and don’t miss her at the same time because she was authoritarian. But the power she held was immense. For me, its the Nari shakthi – the feline female power that men had to grudgingly respect and even admire. Sari is the unstitched garment of Indian/Hindu women for millennia. It has come under flak for the national fervour it represents from nothing less than NYT. Western clothes are popular but its Indian clothes that rule the Indian heart.
Me, I am an average Indian nari and I love draping the sari. Nothing comes closest to it be it in elegance or the cultural heritage equated with it. Secondly, the salwar kameez dupatta ensemble, the Indo-Mugal dress comfortable work clothes for Indian women next to sari, is my choice. Its the typical office wear of Indian women mostly who ride 2 wheelers to work as staple practice. Its easy and practical and breezy wear. Western clothes I wear so as not to stick out in a group and draw attention to myself when I am abroad. The main purpose of me wearing the jean and the t shirt is that: to mingle with the crowd for my own safety and security. But I do enjoy the western clothes as well. Unless I am comfortable in something I don’t wear it.
Its sickening to read that the sari, that has been around for not less than 10,000 years, is easily dubbed as ‘nationalistic symbol’ by the NYT, promoted deliberately in India (by the BJP).
First you lose your native clothes, then your native languages, your native FAITH, then you lose your native culture, you lose your native cuisine – and then finally you lose your ORIGINAL IDENTITY, self respect, self esteem, dignity, honour and at last the sense of belongingness and nationhood. Just look at Pakistan. Clothes are not mere clothes. Indian netas REFUSE TO WEAR WESTERN CLOTHES IN PUBLIC.
To me, my saris are mostly hand woven, printed with national/ethnic motifs, with vegetable dyes. I am head over heels in love with handblocks.. My clothes are of natural fibres such as cotton or Kanchi or Benarasi or Tussar silk from India, the finest on earth. The cottons and weaves of India are of myriad threads. District to district, state to state, they vary and I enjoy best my Indian cotton. My kurtas are the Indian cotton, bit coarse and at times softest like the mul mul. Anything but the imported lawn cotton from across the border. My Indian clothes cannot stand machine wash or dryer mostly. They need handwash. They will bleed colours initially because of the vegetable dyes used in them – not to be judged for quality by that. They will have imperfections natural to manual labour. But I believe my Indian clothes have a strong unflinching character about them, that is lacking in my expensive branded western attire that are standardly mill or machine made in batches and with not much of uniqueness about them. The finishing of the western clothes is what makes them special. They are neatly tailored and can be least clumsy. The perfect fit of the branded western wear is the other highlight about them. Fast colours lend them the durability. Indian clothes require maintenance care. Western clothes I wear are all synthetic fibre such as rayon, polyester etc. Even if these artificial fibres flood Indian market too, they are not too popular. Western clothes are easy maintenance, no doubt. Their imported cotton can be pricey. Western wear are machine washable and suited for dryers. My Indian clothes are my soul. Represent the real me. My western clothes may be the global contemporary me keeping with times. Its transient me but not the permanent me.
Tesla over F35
Tesla anyday because its EV and it can give good competition to Mahindra and Tata in the same segment that are local manufactures. India does need foreign investment and participation to optimal level. Whether Tesla is necessary I am not sure. But we do have some foreign brands, that adding Tesla to the list cannot hurt. In fact it can give good value for money for the Indian consumers by forcing others to update themselves. Yesterday there was news that Tesla was looking for plant locations in Maharashtra. Its better than selling 100% imported cars in India. No worries about tariffs. High end customers in India do not bother. Voting for Tesla only because it is environment friendly. It may not fit the middle class budget but there is a huge market in India for this kind of premium automobiles. If they have long term plans, they must come to India, not otherwise. As someone put it, India is not a car country – rather motorbike country. But I have relatives and friends who will lap up Tesla from Chennai whatever the price. Business community people. We the regular salaried class just can’t afford the luxury.
Presently carless, we are looking for a hybrid though for our next. Prefer Tata or Mahindra because they are easily serviceable in the country. For highways in India, Mahindra and Tata are the best with proven track record. Use local steel. Honda, Hyundai, MG etc., have carved their own space in Indian car market. I am sure, Tesla too will. I don’t have the car fetish. Just something comfy and parkable in our street will do for me! We of all things look at the turning radial! Just watched a Tesla in Doha for the first time on our way to airport. Did not even imagine in my dreams even then that Tesla would make a foray into India. It looked huge on Doha roads like a boat! Its just 2 weeks back! Never in Indian history foreign investments happened so fast, to my knowledge! Tesla is win-win for both America and India, in case they are to enter India.
Pollution in India is mainly due to stubble burning. Stubble burning by farmers in neighbouring states of Haryana and Punjab is the reason for Delhi air pollution. 2030 is our deadline to go electric or hybrid totally I guess. So its a wise move to have Tesla EV in India. Water pollution is a different thing already.
Hyundai made in India have an export market. In the long run, this is a distinct possibility for Tesla. May be they will be in India forever like Suzuki and Honda. While at it, is it even possible for Mahindra or Tata or Tesla to make an EV within 15 lac rupees budget? I know its asking for too much! Hopefully Tata can make it for us. I am saying this because this is our maximum budget ceiling for our next car! If they can, they will be runaway success even with the burgeoning middle class. Even in Chennai, we have the 2 or 3 car owning middle class families mostly.
I got this from Google:
* In 2022, India exported $6.68B in Cars. The main destinations of India exports on Cars were South Africa ($1.24B), Mexico ($941M), Saudi Arabia ($579M), United Arab Emirates ($400M), and Chile ($355M).
*Leading the Made-in-India export vehicle charge is the PV market leader Maruti Suzuki India. Between April and December 2024, the company has shipped 245,642 vehicles, up 21% YoY (April-December 2023: 202,786).
*Indian car export to the US: Mahindra, the only brand.
They say India is not a car country. Our highway network is good but in-city roads are pretty bad. Luxury cars have scope only outside city limits. Yet look at what stats reveal: This stat is from the link from below. This is November 2024 figure alone which is festival season in India. A total of 351,592 cars got sold last November in India. Festival season in India peaks with Ganesh Chaturti, Navratri and Diwali – the three grandest Hindu festivals. Car sales are maximum at this time.
F35 not advisable. Or India must take her time to study the pros and cons. The next US govt if it is to be Democratic, won’t cooperate with intelligence. Won’t even deliver on time and would go back on the agreement. I don’t know specifics but is it true that you need a daily password for F35. I am also aware that never will a Democratic govt offer F series to India. This is rarest of rare chance. Its also expensive and may burn a hole in India’s pocket. May India take her time to decide on that.
I welcome anything that is green energy into India. We want less pollution, less damage to environment and least usage of fossil fuels.
Indian media: Professional jealousy and rivalry at peak
I am following Beerbiceps for 2 years now in You tube. I like this young guy Ranveer Allahabadi. He may be only 2-3 years older than my son. But his level of spiritual maturity always amazes me. The way he conducts his interviews, his deep knowledge and understanding of the intense subject matter the guests speak of, and how he lets the guests speak not trying to impose his will – all that make Ranveer a great you tube success story. Self made millionaire, Ranveer covers a range of topics on spirituality and psychic/tantra traditions which are a hit with his followers. Its rare to see someone with this kind of spiritual flair at such a young age. In one of his shows Ranveer admitted to taking to Mantra Japa himself. Nowhere in his podcasts have I watched him slip or sync out of tune. He has always maintained his respectful approach coming across as a thorough gentleman.
Now this ‘India got latent’ is something I have not watched. The name Samay Raina rings a bell. May be I have watched him too, not sure. I didn’t exactly see this controversial episode, but our media made sure that we were all well educated on the matter. Looks like all the vultures of Indian media have swooped down on the hapless fellow for one slight slip wanting to draw blood. All said, Ranveer is not even 35. A kid, no more. When he became this self-made millionaire bypassing even mass media TRP rating tv new channels with his curated podcasts, when he hardly into his 30s at that, he must have forever made enemies. Yes, mistakes happen. Given his age and station in life, this is hardly surprising. What Ranveer joked about is hardly inconsistent given the kind of reality/dance shows that plague our entertainment scene now.
Why the same Arnab can’t go and poke his nose into mysterious deaths of Sri Devi or Sunanda Pushkar or Sushant Singh Rajput. Why is there no censorship for Netflix where even last week I watched nude/sex scenes in ‘One hundred years of solitude.’ What happened to the Kolkata rape case? If Beerbiceps must be discussed in parliament, then it means we have no better job to do in India and that explains our backwardness. To what mean extent our media can stoop and how utterly jealous they can get to the level of completely wrecking someone to tatters – we can see now happening in reality. What is there to summon someone to police station, for his views whether dirty or crass. FIR filed for what nonsense?Who asked you idiots to listen to him in the first place. This Arnab Goswami who I used to watch once upon a time even if he has been big b*llsh*t right from the start is retirement material now.
All in the day. Young Ranveer probably is learning life lessons finally, out of his studios. I shall stay subscribed to him and I shall continue to watch his interesting and out-of-box thinking podcasts. Who I have NEVER subscribed to are Wion and Republic among others. Big loud mouths full of bullsh*t nothing more. Its not sensationalization that gets you views dear Indian media. If you have REAL substance, there won’t be a need to go after TRP ratings. For now, Beerbiceps is the king. Just gulp that down and go to sleep you sore losers.
Why small families are good for the nation.
Disclaimer: Before writing on this, I would like to state here that I am against no particular community or individual. I am merely stating this from the point of view of India, the most populous nation in the world with 1.4 billion to feed. We are all entitled to our perceptions.
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A Kerala friend who is a meat eating Hindu was telling me how as a small family they need to suffer. There are ports/sea coasts/backwaters in Kerala where you can get freshest catch of fish, just about to be frozen. This is that very morning’s catch mostly. There are markets where the meat is freshest and not frozen. The friend lives with her husband and two adult children. Whenever she goes for getting meat or fish in the market especially on sundays, says she, she can’t get good deals because, there are some ‘peaceful’ families with 5-6 kids who want the meaty (pun intended) portion for themselves. With adults such as parents, grandparents in typical joint family system, the size of these families may come to 10 or 12 or more. What happens in that event? Even if my friend who is nuclear family has the resources to pay for HER cut of meat/fish, she is DENIED that little legitimate portion of hers because, there are bulk buyers for the fresh meat and fish. Huge families with 10-12 members and half a dozen children, pay up and take the best cut. My friend is left to crumbles. Says she, this is the plight of all Hindus left to the leftovers even if we can pay fair price for what we want. The sellers in the markets naturally want to close a single big deal and wind up. Half a dozen or a dozen of big families of peacefuls take everything leaving literally nothing to smallest families other than crumbs. Big families buy from markets the way restaurants may shop for their daily groceries/meat: wholesale. She was happiest during the demonetization drive because the big buyers did not have the usual 500 rupee note bundles to pay cash and lift the fish basket right from the fishermen. It was the only time she says she ever got a fair deal competing with big buyers, as a middle class wife.
So the questions we have here may be:
- Just by sheer size of family should one be entitled to larger portions of consumption?
- Take the case of precious resources such as water. A family with half a dozen kids uses far more water than a family with 2 kids. Even if the bigger family may be able to pay the bills, is that even fair? With extra consumption of water, the bigger family is raising the rate/price of water for small families as well. Over consumption can lead to shortage for everyone. So how should one distribute resources in that case? Both a family with 2 kids and a family with 6 kids, let us say, can only receive 10 buckets of water per day. Its left upto you how you manage the water usage. The reason that the bigger and richer family can afford to pay is IMMATERIAL. The small families and the lower middle class families can still afford to pay their fair bills, provided artificial scarcity for water is NOT created by the big unfair consumers pushing up rates. I think this is how societies must function to ensure social justice to everyone. Everyone should have an equal stake in the pie.
- This same rule about consumption of water also applies to electricity, gas and other resources that we all pay and use for making our lives better. Suppose someone is earning monthly salary of 100,000 rupees and another one earning mere 10,000 rupees every month. What gives the wrong sense of entitlement to the richer guy to imagine that he can use more of water or electricity or gas than the poorer guy when both are willing to foot reasonable bills for modest/rational consumptions of resources.
- Suppose the kids of the 6 kid family are doing great in academics. Why should 6 kids from one family be allowed entry to elite institutions in the country with scarce resources denying others their spots. Even if the small families may produce mediocre kids, still their 2 kids must be able to win a merit place in universities, competing with the 6 kid family.
- The impact of larger families on real estate is horrendous. Suppose the 6 kids buy properties in the city on growing up. Unnecessarily the real estate prices shoot up for everyone. The smaller families have to cough up astronomical prices, the result of a needless competition.
- Only the sky and air and sunlight and moonlight are free for consumption for all family sizes. Rest are all chargeable.
- Its wrong sense of entitlement on the part of bigger or richer families to assume that if they have the economic capacity to buy something, they can take possession.
Hindus with small families of 1-2 kids mostly and rarely a third kid therefore face unfair deals everywhere. We are a declining population today – increasing at a decreasing rate. We are losing out to the population j*h*d. This is the sordid truth.
Land ceiling was introduced in India in the early ’70s when most of the wealthier/landed families gave up their real estates voluntarily for redistribution to small/marginal farmers, rural artisans, and urban poor and the landless. The next land ceiling act is long overdue in India. Amassing of wealth started right after the 70s once again. We need one more correction very badly in current times to ensure that everyone has a toehold in the metro cities and not just the old rich or the new flashy rich. A similar act for family planning will also go a long way in preventing the over exploitation of resources by select few who can buy out anything and everything with their economic capacity. Those of us Hindus with limited family size feel cheated at the end of the day.
Google BHOODAN MOVEMENT and Acharya Vinoba Bhave who campaigned the movement. Bhoodan means ‘land donation.’ It was a nonviolent, bloodless movement when the landed gentry came forward voluntarily to donate land to the landless in the country. Vinoba ji was Gandhiji’s disciple who followed in his footsteps. He ushered in a revolution in the country which is unparalleled in world/Indian history thanks to which the rural population in India have a chance.
Some snippets from Google:
What is the significance of Bhoodan Andolan in agriculture sector in India?
The Bhoodan Andolan was the brainchild of (Vinoba) Bhave who wanted to redistribute land from landlords and wealthy zamindars to landless agricultural labourers. Bhave hoped that these labourers would be able to use this new land to practice subsistence cultivation and empower themselves
The Bhoodan movement successfully collected over 4 million acres of land through voluntary donations, with some of it being distributed to landless families. It raised awareness about the issues of landlessness and inspired discussions on land reforms in India.
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For me, a strong believer in social justice but not necessarily a Marxist/communist, limited natural/manmade resources must be distributed free and fair that everyone stands to benefit from them and nobody is excluded from enjoying what is their birthright.
Swastika of the Hindus: most misused religious symbol in the world.
A copy-paste job here from Google:
The Nazi use of the swastika stems from the work of 19th Century German scholars translating old Indian texts, who noticed similarities between their own language and Sanskrit. They concluded that Indians and Germans must have had a shared ancestry and imagined a race of white god-like warriors they called Aryans…
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The German airlines is called Lufthansa. ‘Hansa’ in ancient Hindu language Sanskrit means ‘swan.’ ‘Luft’ means air. The Hindu-German connection is very intriguing. In fact in the Heidelberg university in Germany, there is a full fledged Sanskrit department devoted to research. North Indians are of Aryan stock and the south Indians are Dravidians.
But its very unfortunate that the sacred Hindu symbol Swastika got misused by Hitler for genocide purposes. Now swastika is misrecognized as symbol of hatred around the world. Because of this, people mistake us passive Hindus for fascists. Originally from ancient Hindu culture also used by Buddhists, the symbol captivated the west who started using it more freely in the 20th century.
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Ironically, the two inverted triangles over one another which is a Jewish holy symbol is also a very ancient Hindu sacred symbol. In fact its the basis of much advanced Sri Yantra, a set of 9 (5 and 4) triangles overlapping each other representing Shiva and Shakthi.
The Swastika is symbol of lucky charm for Hindus even today. ‘Swasth’ in sanskrit means wellness, goodness. The swastika is a very sacred, holy symbol to us that we adorn our homes and temples with. It is important to spread awareness about Swastika so that the lost glory of the swastika is restored.
Doge vs Goat loans of India.
This is from my bank days. Ours was a private one owned by 7 other banks, largest among them being a nationalized one holding majority stake. Other 6 banks were private banks. This was before 1992-93 when banking reforms were signed between bank staff associations and the central govt. I am not clear about the present day scenario as I left my service over a quarter century back. We were then seeing the last of manual banking days as ATMs were beginning to be installed. In 1993, I got my first computer training for bank employees in Bangalore to acquaint us with computerization. A huge computer department came up in my HQ. I recall the monochrome PCs and our own typewriters being replaced with electronic Brother machines in all departments. Yet we were still doing only core banking: BORROWING AND LENDING. Debit/credit cards were issued by very few banks – mostly by the international ones. Slowly we were diversifying. Took India 8 more years upto the millennium to add bill payment, car/housing loans, insurance etc., to banking, and for cards to become huge.
Most of the international banks in India have now closed down unable to compete with the Indian banks that can give any of them a run for their money – be it when it comes to quality of banking staff or operations.
But up until at least the early 90s, nationalized banks in India and even private sector banks mandatorily had to run rural branches even if at a loss. Ours ran many. Since I was attached with Advances, I got a picture of these things. Rural advances were for those like goat loans, for buying pesticides and fertilizers (for farmers) etc., and for rural artisans such as weavers for instance to procure fabrics, threads etc. The biggest among them would be a rare tractor loan or a borewell loan. Branches had limited discretion. Mostly branches dealt with them. We used to get the summary (monthly reports) only as the sums advanced were paltry. Recall this branch from near Salem in Tamil Nadu – this rural branch had only villagers coming in for goat loans etc. To fit their convenience, even the branch followed staggered timings up until evening 8. It made a total loss. It still had a manager, an accountant and a clerk! It was a total waste. So many branches worked this way all across India – many many thousands. There was never the profit motive. It was only to serve the rural population and to reach into the most inhospitable terrains. We used to tease the officers posted there for their ‘punishment transfers!’ Once in their service time, every bank officer had to mandatorily work for at least 3 years in a most backward rural branch. So many, many rural outposts with no paved roads. In some pickets, electricity would be erratic. Yet the branches functioned. They still do under nationalized banks. The motto was ‘service to rural India.’
In 1992-93, banking reforms were signed in. It is at this stage that the NPAs (the non performing assets) started getting classified. Recovery cells/departments were formed for the first time to pursue matters even legally if situation warranted. Earlier, rural loans used to be written off when monsoons failed given the dismal economic background of the small village borrowers. The borrowers were mostly marginal farmers working on leased plots. If you would press them for recovery, they would even commit suicide. They were in very bad shape. Too poor and distressed. Still from 1993, reminders would go to the rural branches strictly advising them on recovery. Once I saw a very poor farmer in dhoti and without a shirt, walking into our department asking for waiver of his goat loan. He had traveled hundreds of kilometers using what little money he had for buying his bus tickets. I am conditioned by these sights and real life stories fortunately or unfortunately. Banks, instead of writing them off, started rephrasing their loans asking them to pay up in installments. There were instances when even legal notices were served on the illiterate farmers. Goats could get seized (!) for non repayment of loans with due interests thereoff!
Whereas I was also witness to how huge, huge credits were just like that disbursed without board approval when it was ‘suitable’ for the bank. Suppose the urban branch manager had no discretion, and the limit exceeded his powers, still if the party was influential enough, the higherups in Advances would quietly sanction every loan and then apply to the board for ratification. I have seen this with my own eyes and my blood would boil. Huge credits turning into bad loans also happened. Defaulters were still trusted. And after a point, writing off also happened without board approval. What is the board for except for ratifying misuse of powers. But the rural poor were pounded for repayment. I was too young then yet I was painfully aware of this unfair system. My colleagues/friends would ask me not to get sentimental about my job – but I could hardly be like them. Its good I left my service.
When I see Doge in America and their war cry to cut govt expenses, I am still reminded of the selfless services rendered by nationalized banks of India and even our railways, running the show for just a handful of people at times in remotest corners of the country, even incurring huge losses in the process. They say India is third world, but I have come to respect more and more our values and sense of social justice. The sense of inclusion you see in India in every sphere of life can be amazing. A first world nation like America wants to curtail government expenses. What an irony of situations!
Now in this digital era, I am so elated that the same rural India has villagers with barcodes (!) and UPI payment apps in their smart phones! You can buy a plate of samosas for snacking from a hawker and the barcode could be printed just on his push cart! Once on a highway I had tender coconut stopping our car. The coconut seller was from a nearby village. He had printed his barcode on the tree under which he was selling tender coconut! Its got that much easy to transact and do business with villagers these days. Increasingly going paperless also. But I am sure rural branches of our nationalized banks continue to serve the very distant pockets of India where loans for agriculture and loans to rural artisans who practise their trades from villages are very important. We are two entirely different nations: America and India. All these social indicators point to why India is not as developed as America. India is a welfare economy that puts the interests of the masses first over anything. Private profit is still secondary to us. Indian economy is mixed economy with both private and public sector participation in equal measures.
Lastly, kudos to Indian railways whose network covers the last outpost in every nook and corner of the country. They have got every square centimeter of the national geography covered and service the loss making areas without profit motive.
ISRO’ SpaDex completes docking satellites in the space.
ISRO achieved another milestone making India the fourth country in the world after the US, Russia and China, docking satellites in the space. Future manned missions to the space and setting up of India’s own international space station are incumbent upon this strategic development.
Congratulations to Bharat! Congratulations ISRO! Jai Hind!
Freeze on H1B will be America’s greatest gift to India.
A DIRECT APPEAL TO MY PRIME MINSTER SHRI NARENDRA MODI JI
Its hightime India stops this braindrain. I winced in pain hearing my PM say, ‘there is a huge global demand for Indian visas.’ Obviously this is his polite answer to America. But is that a permanent solution Modi ji. If anyone can plug the braindrain from India for good, it is YOU. China did it. If you want to compete with China, plug this braindrain from India. Cancel passports if Indian STEM graduates who go to America stay beyond 2 years. They have to live illegally in America after the deadline or get back for legal existence in India. This will what will do good for India in the long run. So far we never bothered because we keep producing aspiring young people who are terribly ambitious. But creating an environment within the country to engage them productively will what be the ultimate solution. Which American university did Shri Abdul Kalam attend. None of the ISRO scientists have earned a degree from American universities. In fact some of them or most of them are tier 2 or tier 3 engineering university graduates not creamy tech schools – which means they did not graduate from IIT/IIM, the nation’s premier institutions. We have done enough for America. Its time we do something for ourselves. Build the best universities with the help of those nations like Japan, Israel, Scandinavian nations etc and even with America. Bolster the existing ones with collaboration. Transform India. It will not go down well with the Indian public who will see it as a curb on their fundamental rights – but you can do it. This is my direct appeal to my prime minister. Don’t allow a single Indian graduate to live or work in America beyond 2 years, especially the medicos. Get them all back. You will be truly rendering yeomen service to Mother India for centuries to come.
The Aftermath Of Bangladesh.
Adani power plant is reportedly being taken over by Chinese company in Bangladesh. Tata is pulling out of Bangladesh. Besides these two, vast Indian investments in Bangladesh are taken over by their government. This must serve as a big lesson to Govt of India who wants to invest in troubled nations like Afghanistan and Bangladesh. You just cannot reform anyone howmuchever good your intentions may be. Leave them to their destiny.
Tirupur, Tamil Nadu is known as the hosiery capital of the world. With the cotton output in the country, they have been manufacturers for Victoria secret etc., and leading garment manufacturers for global brands like Zara, etc. Tirupur registered dismal growth in last 2 years as all businesses went to Bangladesh. Now there is good news from Tirupur as the importers have returned to this small cotton textile town of Tamil Nadu.
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India’s textile hub of Tirupur is facing a revival of fortunes after nearly two years with a flurry of orders from the US and UK, helped also by political instability in neighbouring Bangladesh. With this, the city’s 5,000 apparel export units are buzzing with activity with their factories operating at 95% capacity.
This is going to affect Bangladesh seriously. Their textiles industry supports a booming lower middle class. The shift back to Tirupur will prove to be a blow below the belt for them.
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