The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
Sometimes major events completely disconnected may be data points for the plans of the different powers around the world. The challenge is to discern what purpose they serve? More critically, what are we moving towards?
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That Pulwama attacks have brought about a resolve that is different than usual and the indication that in today’s India, nationalism counts can be seen from how Corporate India is handling things.
Macleods Pharma’s Riyaz Ahmad Wani posted on Facebook a message in Kashmiri – ‘Athh wanaan surgical strike’ which means – ‘This is called surgical strike.” To this, Iqbal Hussain, an employee with Zydus Healthcare limited, posted comment saying “This is called a real surgical strike”.
On Friday late evening, both the companies issued a suspension notice with a direction to show cause. The employees have been placed on suspension and asked the employees to show proper supportive evidence as to why management should continue them in the employment within 48 hours. Failing which, their employment will be terminated immediately.
We were able to access the letter sent by the Deputy General Manager – HR of Zydus Healthcare Ltd. to Mr. Iqbal Hussain. Here it is.
Tide has Turned
We had said in our last post that Pakistan has severely underestimated the new reality of India. There is a different level and flavor of nationalistic resolve this time in India. And, it can and will fight the betrayal of the so-called Secular groups, which Pakistan has always depended on. No more.
And, this action by two corporate groups, without any care for allegations by the “Seculars” of being “communal” – because for that group ONLY people of one group when hurt qualify help qualify the event as communal. And, these terminations has the hallmark of all those. Yet, nationalism triumphed.
While Macleods Pharma is a Mumbai based company, Zydus Cadilla Healthcare is Ahmedabad based pharma company.
Now the time has come for the Indian government to do what India has never done before with Pakistan. This kind of mandate does not come to any government often. And it should never be wasted either.
The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
This visit of India left me with many questions. Many observations and inputs from different people and sections. Food for thought that I have tried to contemplate on and make sense of. Sharing all that with you.
When you analyze the last 60 years of the economic miracles of Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia versus the continued impoverished Indian economy, you get very interesting lessons. Can Indians have the wherewithal in them to do in one generation so that the coming generations may rise?
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