tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538874342968130652.post1511819161495456568..comments2024-03-27T10:36:39.504+05:30Comments on tantu-jaal: My mother and the changing worldSunil Mukhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05155823169161030174noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538874342968130652.post-33044992106159691602013-03-11T16:05:13.193+05:302013-03-11T16:05:13.193+05:30Nice post (sorry for belated reply - visiting afte...Nice post (sorry for belated reply - visiting after a break). I think the biggest changes in the world have not been in politics or who manufactures what, but in communications, and the internet in particular. Your mother lived to see it, but did she see it invade regular life in India the way it has now?<br /><br />A lot of things -- textiles, leather products etc -- have been made in India and exported heavily to the west for about 15 years now, but mostly re-branded for their major stores: very few Indian brands have made it. Your friend is correct about the i20, but not, as far as I know, about the Fiat Linea -- it is not even sold in Europe. (The Fiat Punto is, but it's not the India-made one.) Renault-Nissan (Chennai-based, like Hyundai) export most of their production, I helieve. There's also the Nokia factory in Chennai, but Nokia has fallen from grace a bit in recent years... <br /><br />Still, abroad, the Hyundai i20 and Nissan Micra aren't particularly upmarket cars. At the high end, one can point to Jaguar-Land Rover, which manufactures in the UK but is owned by Tata Motors...Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538874342968130652.post-37051376896862989472010-02-24T11:34:46.208+05:302010-02-24T11:34:46.208+05:30Amitabha:
My nephew Karun, who knows these things...Amitabha:<br /><br />My nephew Karun, who knows these things, informs me that the Hyundai I20, a premium hatchback in its class, is made in India and exported to 120 countries. He also tells me it's made ONLY in India and nowhere else, and that a large fraction (he estimates 85%) of its parts are Indian made. The Fiat Linea is also made in India and exported to Europe.<br /><br />As for "Made in China", you may be ignoring the sheer range of qualities (and prices) of goods made in China. While cheap shoddy laptops are indeed made there, so are top-of-the-line laptops. The town of Longhua, China, is known as iPod city for obvious reasons, and Macs are also made in China. You can criticise iPods and Macs for a lot of things but they aren't shoddy or shady.Sunil Mukhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155823169161030174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538874342968130652.post-63121647244036747972010-02-24T10:06:20.250+05:302010-02-24T10:06:20.250+05:30"Made in India" is difficult to find the..."Made in India" is difficult to find these days -- most such labels have been replaced by "Made in China", which is again a synonym for shoddy and shady manufacturing practices.Amitabhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17140154364941569189noreply@blogger.com