TATA is India

You ask any Indian on the street which is the most respected Indian company their answer would be TATA. TATA’s have a history and JRD TATA was a remarkable man whom most people hugely admired, he was impeccable (no wonder he was Bharat Ratna). So to cast aspiration on TATA’s quality is an insult. American’s have an exaggerated view about themselves. Further the whole concept of globalization is ok for them if they are at the gaining end (this also true at the local, within nations). Obviously Americans have lot to gain, it’s the American MNC’s that you see around the world as symbols of globalization and modernization, in most cases. We haven’t really seen what happens if Americans are the receiving end of these. We have seen how they have gone against many international treaties to protect their ‘national interest’. We have seen them attacking other countries against all international laws and norms for their ‘national interest’. Americans probably have to get ready to be treated on equal terms. That is what globalization means. It always easy to talk about globalization to poorer societies when one is at advantageous position to exploit. So quite expectedly when they have started to loose their advantage they have resorted to devious and illegal means.

They successfully maligned Chinese toys without any substantial evidence, infact American media have successfully been able to put aspiration on anything Chinese, not only in America but also around the world. Maybe some Chinese products were defective but the damage has been done, majority of non thinking TV fed Americans have got their scapegoat. This is precisely American way of doing things which is being taken as case study in other societies for the powerful and moneyed to edge out others.

The statement against TAJ by American listed ORIENT Express Hotels is a case not only of blatant ignorance (which most Americans have about the world outside America) but smacks of arrogance if not racism. TAJ chain of hotels is the most respected. This is a very serious matter, the unfair trade practice shouldn’t be tolerated, an apology is the least expected. The statement by ORIENT is an insult on Indians.