it's a good thing that our moderator is on vaca - i think he'd have a cow over this.
--- Ajay K Sanghi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. 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