Make in India..!

Many decades back, my dad, a businessman, decided to start exporting handicrafts to the USA. He got craftsmen to make the stuff,
and sent samples to the States. He was soon flooded with orders and asked same craftsmen to work hard and deliver the required numbers.
What we saw finally were horrible pieces of workmanship.
"The sandal wood elephants are rough underneath?"
"Who will see it saar?"
" The handloom cloth has stains on it?"
"Ha, ha, the Americans will think it is a design saar."
Well my dad cancelled the order with these craftsmen, found most others doing the same slip shod work and never exported the stuff at all.
People had gathered to watch the Greek sculptor Phidias carve the statue of Athenia for the Acropolis. The sculptor was taking great pains to chisel the strands of her hair at the back of her head. One on looker commented: "When this statue is completed it will stand 100 feet high, with its back to a marble wall. Who will ever know all the details you are putting behind there?"
"I will!" replied the sculptor.
I wish those craftsmen had been as particular.
A man had taken his car to a garage for servicing.
While he waited for the attendant, he observed one of the mechanics servicing another car. He was impressed by his meticulousness.
The mechanic changed the oil without spilling a drop, checked the radiator, cleaned the windshield, wiping off every speck of dust and greasy finger marks. Then he placed a clean cloth over the seats, washed his hands thoroughly and drove his car slowly out of the garage and parked it along the kerb. Just then the foreman came by and the man who had been observing all this turned to him and said: "Now there's a real mechanic!"
"Oh," said the foreman with a shrug, "That's his own car..!"
Even as Modi tells the world to "make in India' it is going to be a change in attitude which will bring business in despite his foreign trips and salesmanship..!    
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Make in India..!

Many decades back, my dad, a businessman, decided to start exporting handicrafts to the USA. He got craftsmen to make the stuff, and sent samples to the States. He was soon flooded with orders and asked same craftsmen to work hard and deliver the required numbers. What we saw finally were horrible pieces of workmanship. The sandal wood elephants are rough underneath? Who will see it saar? The handloom cloth has stains on it? Ha, ha, the Americans will think it is a design saar. Well my dad cancelled the order with these craftsmen, found most others doing the same slip shod work and never exported the stuff at all. People had gathered to watch the Greek sculptor Phidias carve the statue of Athenia for the Acropolis. The sculptor was taking great pains to chisel the strands of her hair at the back of her head. One on looker commented: When this statue is completed it will stand 100 feet high, with its back to a marble wall. Who will ever know all the details you are putting behind there? I will! replied the sculptor. I wish those craftsmen had been as particular. A man had taken his car to a garage for servicing. While he waited for the attendant, he observed one of the mechanics servicing another car. He was impressed by his meticulousness. The mechanic changed the oil without spilling a drop, checked the radiator, cleaned the windshield, wiping off every speck of dust and greasy finger marks. Then he placed a clean cloth over the seats, washed his hands thoroughly and drove his car slowly out of the garage and parked it along the kerb. Just then the foreman came by and the man who had been observing all this turned to him and said: Now theres a real mechanic! Oh, said the foreman with a shrug, Thats his own car..! Even as Modi tells the world to make in India it is going to be a change in attitude which will bring business in despite his foreign trips and salesmanship..! [email protected]