[Reader-list] The world's cheapest car....prejudice..??..

[Lalit Ambardar]

True ,the mother earth is indeed paying a heavy cost for the man's quest for 'development' & 'comfort'.

 

But it is hoped that 'Nano' & 'Ratan Tata' have not been picked up for  the subject matter because Narendra Modi  offered  Gujrat for the production.After all it (the nano) was to take birth in the communist backyard only.

Regards all 

LA

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> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 01:21:38 +0530
> From: indersalim at gmail.com
> To: reader-list at sarai.net
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] The world's cheapest car
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I quote Marianne Knuth We are warped and narrowed, by an exclusive
> devotion to trade and commerce….
> 
> If we are unwilling to listen to an existentialist’s view on what is
> Life’s core purpose of being, then we have no choice but to quote
> Rattan Tata.
> 
> I believe Rattan Tata has nothing to declare except his devotion to
> Trade and Commerce. I just happen to be on the Existentialist’s side.
> One is free to be, but is Tata ready to think about you beyond his
> ‘profitability’ factor. I am afraid, NOT.
> 
> Where I am working, I am telling you from first hand experience, all
> the entrepreneurs in India are big defaulters. They have virtually
> crippled the Financial sector, almost, and at the same time have
> deeply invested in the Private Sector, but it real estate or direct
> investment.
> 
> The time has never been so good for these defaulters to cultivate the
> cream of Indian economy simply by coming closer to Bureaucrats,
> Judiciary and political circles. Examples are galore, one is
> surprised to see how easy in India is to acquire land. How cheap is
> Zameen, Do bigha, of which was the umbilical cord of a small farmer,
> or a possibility for landless to get their piece of land, but alas,
> this Indian part of IWC ( Integrated World Capitalism ) we see how
> brazenly the appropriation of this Governmental land has happened. Now
> even if there is political assertion, there is no land to be
> distributed to the land less, and oppressed of the our society. The
> rich people have encroached upon this people’s land. Of course ,
> legally.
> 
> It is true People like cars, but the saner voices in Developed World
> ( west ) see the car as a sign of ugliness.
> 
> But here in India, when there are ten thousand reasons to save the
> society from other ills, I wont be surprised if Rattan Tata is chosen
> for Bharat Rattan, the heights Indian Award for excellence, next year
> for launching Nano. Ha
> 
> But has there been any debate for environmental degradation which his
> company and other such monsters have caused to our dear earth. The
> debate will never be initiated, simply because there is a deep nexus.
> Is there a way to fix the responsibility. Here, I am too pessimistic.
> 
> I might digress a little by sharing my personal experience about Tata
> Telephone. Before I had this present MTNL BroadBand I had one Tata
> connection. They charged me Rs.0.40 per minute, but the connection was
> terribly slow and I had to lodge a complaint. Finally after many
> many phone calls I happened to talk one of the Tata guys ( he told me
> so, but I doubt ) about the reasons of slow connectivity. He replied
> it is just like that, but I said, look my dear Manager, I am being
> charged for the duration I am on the net through your company, (Tata)
> , but what do I get if after one hour I barely manage to open just a
> page or so.
> 
> He said, sorry. But this ‘sorry’ story was not about one person. They
> had given connections to millions without buying sufficient band width
> from the Government, This is what I understand, that how these
> companies rob a commoner by simply saying it is slow, just slow.
> Please be patient. But they earn millions without giving anything
> back.
> 
> So when Nano will be on the roads, and if you are late in office
> because of terrible traffic jams, do we expect to say our bosses,
> please be patient, the roads are narrow, but we have millions of
> colourful Nanos on the roads.
> 
> Or, do I expect Rattan Tata to explain why I am late to office.
> Unfortunately, now I have to start one hour early, to arrive office
> in time.
> 
> So what is net gain ?
> 
> with love and regards
> inder salim
> 
> 
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