IndianMaze

This was a usual mail that I received nth time on the differences between East and West. I am not a great researcher who claims to have done extensive studies on either or both. However, this question keeps coming back especially when we are in business discussions that keeps many completely foxed. I recall an evening with my English boss and South African white senior discussing the frustrations of living/working in India. My boss just could not understand the meaning of completion of work "जल्दी ही " or "soon". He always said that the outcome could be from a few seconds to a few months. So how does one understand the word "soon"? South African senior would give two answers - a white man's answer and a black man's answer. And I, being typical Indian, would agree with all that would frustrate my boss even further. DEEKAY, how could all contrarian thoughts be agreeable by you? Therein lies the difference. Indians are used to living in a multi prong...

I must say that this mail has quite a bit of emotion in it. It was earlier in the week that I was awestruck with two bits of media information that I was exposed to. 1. Some person of reasonable responsibility in US administration mentioned (as reported in media) that for issuing pink slips, corporates must first target "foreigners". 2. In a hard hitting 1-on-1 interview, an experienced journo asked a very senior business magnate as to why his company is shrinking manpower in "West" and increasing in "East" or Chindia. Answers that business is shrinking in "West" and growing in "East" were completely brushed aside. At the same time is it not " immoral " (my interpretation from the interview) for the company to float subsidiaries in tax havens and, therefore, avoid paying tax to a "Western" country when the country needs all the money. Above two examples are from the countries that have been propagating the spirit of ...