The group may find it interesting to read Gandhijis views on Swadeshi, which in spirit is more local than made in my country.
For the benefit of readers, Swadeshi is a Hindi word. Desh = Country, Swadesh = My country and therefore Swadeshi = Of my country. Swadeshi movement was very powerful event leading to independence of India from British rule. Here is an extract from Gandhijis book. You can find it on Internet at http://www.mkgandhi.org/momgandhi/chap87.htm Spirit Of Swadeshi SWADESHI is that spirit in us which restricts us to the use and service of our immediate surroundings to the exclusion of the more remote. Thus, as for religion, in order to satisfy the requirements of the definition, I must restrict myself to my ancestral religion. That is, the use of my immediate religious surrounding. If I find it defective, I should serve it by purging it of its defects. In the domain of politics, I should make use of the indigenous institutions and sere them by curing them of their proved defects. In that of economics I should use only things that are produced by my immediate neighbours and serve those industries by making them efficient and complete where they might be found wanting. It is suggested that such Swadeshi, if reduced to practice, will lead to the millennium..... Tell WTO. Its amazing how Gandhiji could visualize the problems of Globalization way back in 1906. The essence of his 'spirit of swadeshi' is very interesting. Cheers, Ajay www.abosoftware.com Edisphere Any-to-Any Data Translation Suite ABO Software Private Limited B102 Gulmohar Park, New Delhi 110049 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Hi Members Vijay, With all respect, it is not sheer knowledge. It is greed. Our country has set up so many requirements for corporations to hire skilled workers, it costs thousands in insurance for the company in case somebody types too much on their keyboard that their hands begin to hurt, then the government will let them quit their job and still receive disability pay. This is one example among thousands. I'll bet your firms in India do not face that kind of expense. Therefore, greedy corporations in the US avoid the expense of US employees and instead outsource offshore. Nestlé S.A. is one of those companies. Instead of fixing the problems in their US IS group, they cut the number of employees drastically, and outsourced. With Nestlé there is no off-shore, because they are everywhere. But instead of supporting the economies that support them, they cut jobs and sent them where there is cheap labor, including the job that I had filled. As for shear knowledge, if that is true, why do you call yourself a freshie? People with knowledge and experience are here (US) aplenty. It is corporate greed, not knowledge, that is sending jobs from our shores. Thank you for your invitation. I intend to come to India, but not for an IT job. Art Douglas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of vijay valchandani Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] Hi Members Art,I don't agree with your opinion .I would like to invite you, to come and work in India.Here,companies will Pay you good Bucks and expenses are less. But its not like that, you reach here and a Job is waiting for you, just come and fight for it.If you deserve, all yours. Regarding the matter of Outsourcing,I think Big Cooperates, are not coming here for Fun or to Entertain us or any where in the World. Its just shear Knowledge that matters the most either its India or its US. Hope you agree with my Opinion. Regards, Vijay [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
