Re: India

**"* C* P* <p*@sancharnet.in>**

Dear John and other colleagues,

In my opinion (and also according to many others in the developing 
countries), the real problem lies in the UNREASONABLY HIGH PRICE of the 
currencies like dollar, British pound and Euro etc.  I am not an economist 
but fail to understand how this price is fixed.

I keep visiting UK.  One British pound costs 90 Indian rupees or 180 
Srilankan rupees.  And it does not get you even a cup of tea there.  Where 
is in 90 Indian rupees you can have two good meals in cheap (but good) 
restaurant in India.

In September last, I had to spend 13 hours at Milan airport in Italy to get 
my connecting flight to Sau Paulo.  During this time I spent a hundred 
rupees only on drinking water (a 500 ml bottle for 1.5 Euro or 75 rupees) 
where as India you get a one liter bottle of the most reputed brand for 15 
rupees for 15 rupees even at the airport.

I do not think this situation is NOT going to stay in the world for ever. 
As a commoner I feel that the REAL value of currency lies in what it can 
buy.

Please DO NOT think that I am some COMMUNIST.  These are my observations 
based upon my personal experiences.  In fact, currency etc. is not my 
subject but what I feel that there must be some UNDERSTANDABLE LOGIC or 
RATIONALE behind such things.

Dr. Chiranjit Parmar
www.fruitipedia.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Grimes" <jgrimes@countryseasons.com>
To: "'Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum'" 
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Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [GWL] India

> While Dr. Parmar's response was well written and provides an insight into
> the causation of outsourcing I sincerely hope that the conclusion obtained
> by extending the outsourcing argument to a final conclusion does not 
> occur.
>
> 1.  If all decisions are made based on cost or return on investment
> then the world will become a drabber and unhappy place.
> 2.  The final conclusion to outsourcing seems to indicate that
> everyone in the United States and, in fact, all of the richer world
> economies are doomed to using more and more of their capital since
> everything is outsourced until they reach the same economic level as the
> countries to which they outsource to.
> 3.  While written outsourcing may be acceptable (a conclusion that I
> do not agree with) the outsourcing of verbal activities, such as customer
> support, is not acceptable.  CS agents do their best, but Indian English
> does not translate well into Texanese, with much frustration on both
> sides.
>
> My observations above were not intended to be negative to those folks in
> India who provide such services.  Obviously, they are more literate than I
> am, since they speak their native tongue as well as English.
>
> John Grimes
> www.countryseasons.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gardenwriters-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [g*@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Debra Lee
> Baldwin
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 12:47 PM
> To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [GWL] India
>
> Well said, Dr. Parmar, and well written! Thank you for broadening our
> awareness.
> Debra Lee Baldwin
>
> -
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:36:29 +0530
> From: "Dr. Chiranjit Parmar" <parmarch@sancharnet.in>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] India
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
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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
> www.fruitipedia.com
>
>
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