Your Friendly Philosopher & Guide

Of course after globalisation and the advent of Internet, Indians have started making more money and there has been a huge change in their lifestyle…but at what cost? Recently there was an article on Yahoo News about how BPOs have changed the way Indians deal with their lives. Late nightshifts, graveyard shifts, posh cars, huge houses are few boons of course but what about the family life and the kids? URLs, servers and BPOs won’t help you much in bringing up your kid.

I would be termed a fool if I say human values are more important than money in today’s world. But then we need to know where we have to draw the line, and should be surely able to distinguish between need and greed. And remember even a Billionaire feels that he needs a salary hike!

When it comes to Indian brands getting strangled by international players, here are few examples and my amateur insights…

Remember TV brands like Bush, Crown and ECTV? Where are they today? Shut down! What we have today are brands like Samsung, Sony & LG. In the coming days there won’t be any single BRAND that is Indian.

Pepsi got into the Indian market, and out of mere knee jerk Parle sold its brand to Coke which became a competitor for Pepsi. So where did Indian drinks like Thrill and Rush go? Vanished.

Then why are we wasting our energy in fighting the war on the Internet? Soon we will be taken over or we would get killed in the rat race. Our only job would be to slog for 14-15 hours daily so that the Americans can have a 5-day-week and can spend their weekend in a holiday resort.

We need to accept the truth that we have completely lost track about our uniqueness, and have ended up doing gadha majuri (ass’s job) for the westerner. So, what’s next?