LION logo

Dear  Amitabh ,

Just read about the controversy surrounding LION logo of Make In India

That prompted the following blog , which I have started posting on many web sites

When you are in Mumbai in Feb ( Make In India week ) , can we meet for a few minutes ?

regards,

hemen  /  0 - 98,67,55,08,08

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Land of  Koop  Mandooks  (  Frogs in the Well  )  ?

How else can you describe some people trying to raise a controversy around the fact that the LION logo of " Make in India " initiative was designed by the Indian Subsidiary of an AMERICAN  Company  ?

Meaning  ?  National honour was lost  ?

It speaks poorly of the Koop Mandook mentality of some of us that Shri Amitabh Kant ( architect of Make in India initiative ) had to " defend " this by tweeting :

"  Logo has been designed by young Indians led by an Indian creative director . This is an Indian Subsidiary of W & K "

I get a feeling that those people trying to rake up a controversy must be thinking :

" Ah ! This has to be some sinister plot of  imperialist powers trying to subvert the Indian democracy

Like the Trojan Horse of the past , American ( W&K ) capitalists seems to have conspired to defeat Indian manufacturing by hiding evil software code inside that LION logo image , using secret  Steganography "

These small-minded people are forgetting that :

*   Some 16 million Indians ( largest diasporas in the World ), are working abroad

*   Annually , they are remitting to India , approx $ 70 Billion

*   Of these , 7 million Indians working in Gulf are remitting $ 40 Billion

*   An overwhelming majority of Indians working overseas are highly qualified professionals

*   Many are occupying the CEO positions in big American Companies(Google / MS / PEPSI )

*   A huge number of Indians are working in USA subsidiaries of  INDIAN  Companies

*   They are designing world-class products / services for their AMERICAN  clients , including

     USA government ( Space  / Defense / Energy Solutions / Cyber Security etc )

*   Many Indians have even reached high ranking positions in USA government

*   Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Singapore, are of Indian origin

    ( country which is always at rank # 1 in Ease of Doing Business  ! )

*   National Health Service of UK is heavily dependent on Indian doctors/nurses

*   Foreign countries are proud of the contribution that Indians make locally in their

     countries

When will our narrow-minded citizens stop looking at the nationality / language / religion etc of a person who is contributing to our progress ?

Are they forgetting that, at the very heart of the " Make in India " initiative is invocation of :

"  ATITHI  DEVO  BHAVA "

inviting FOREIGN companies to set up their businesses in India  ?

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hemen  parekh

15  Jan  2016

www.hemenparekh.in / blogs