Thread by @rvasisht

Reading about the non stop commentary about @Tesla & #India by @elonmusk i share the following.
Given that the Tesla is an expensive electric car i understand why they want to first sell before local manufacture.
However in the same breath when they talk of manufacturing in

#Indonesia i would also give the cold shoulder to these requests. Is the argument that Indonesia is a huge local market for expensive Tesla cars or that it will be a export hub? If the latter then why not India to manufacture? Exports don't entail any taxes including for imports.

Over 30 yrs of working with global companies I have realised this strange but true attitude barring exceptions. Manufacture in India is only when they see a huge market to sell their product in India at #American/#European prices with little or no taxes. They will gripe & groan

if this doesn't happen but further demand every possible liberal human rights idealism from India. In any other place the strategy becomes exports & liberal thoughts? What's that? This racial mindset is to be blamed on we Indians becoz for decades we lick their feet & crawl when

asked to bend. We bad mouth India as if it were a joke (does this remind you of a famous Indian political leader?) non stop but don't sell India to the global audience, don't stand up to demand respect & don't correct the white folks about anything they say or assume about India

How often have we heard that India is price sensitive & wants cheap?? In 30 yrs i haven't experienced this in India & have seen humans globally doing exactly this. Want proof? Let's see someone go to USA EU & try to sell an Indian product or service at a premium price!!! They

demand a minimum 30% cost down. Try asking for hourly labour rates!! They will talk about 3 $/hr (₹ 45,000/month) when they pay 20$ /hr for labour abroad. What does this make the white man? Price conscious - just like us Indians. This price & cheap about India is a MYTH that

needs to be dispelled by we Indians when we talk to foreigners. When i said this to a EU diplomat recently they were suprised. I said i may be price conscious at 100 $ but they may be so at 1000 $ while an #ElonMusk may be conscious at 1000 million $. It's just scale not attitude

In short i find the argument of @elonmusk logical if it is linked to investing in India for the Indian market but if exports & making India a manufacturing hub is a key part of the biz plan then this argument is illogical. Am sure his own India team will be arguing about price

cheap, taxes & egging in that wrong direction instead of hard selling India as a manufacturing destination with quality, low cost & above all protection of IP

For those who still think India is price sensitive pl read this👇. India is value conscious & wants to do/more with less. Bottom line reality - India is cash flow sensitive. One small example. Shampoo in 6ml sachet costs ₹ 149 for 64 nos. Thats ₹0.39/ml

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& this is purchased by the poorest of people to use once a week. The bottle of 1000ml which the richer folks use is ₹470 making it ₹0.47 per ml. Not very different between the two is there? Pl wake up to reality & Qn your Indian managers looking for easy lazy answers @elonmusk