Re: India

**f*@aol.com**

 Margaret,
I'll go along with all but the "disgrace" part. Outsourcing is a way of life and a lifesaver for many North American companies, and it has been going on as long as there have been North American companies.
As for "well written," um... yes, it's well written considering that English is the writer's second language. Minus that caveat, Dr. Parmar's letter is not well written, and should not be considered up to snuff for an English-language publication. 
JF

-----Original Message-----
From: margaret lauterbach <melauter@earthlink.net>
To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 2:11 pm
Subject: Re: [GWL] India

"China is cheaper in India" is well written?  I think outsourcing is 
a disgrace.  I also do not believe it's inevitable for "staying in 
the business profitably."  Who's buying the product?  Margaret Lauterbach

>Well said, Dr. Parmar, and well written! Thank you for broadening our
>awareness.
>Debra Lee Baldwin
>
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>Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:36:29 +0530
>From: "Dr. Chiranjit Parmar" <parmarch@sancharnet.in>
>Subject: Re: [GWL] India
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>India has world class expertise available in many fields including
>publishing.  It is much cheaper to live here than United States due to which
>services cost here much less than the US and many European countries.  China
>is cheaper in India but they don't have expertise in copy editing (they do
>not study English).
>
>I got an opportunity to attend the Annual Meeting of NAFEX in 2004.  One of
>the worries of NAFEX Board of Directors(I had attended their meeting too)
>was the rising cost of publishing their magazine, POMONA.  I had suggested
>them to get the printing done in India as it was very cheap here.  I had
>also discussed with a local printer who had agreed to print it for around
>40-50 cents.
>
>But they did not like it as they did not like outsourcing.
>
>But it will have be done ultimately for staying in the business profitably.
>
>Dr. Chiranjit Parmar

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