Resurgent India ... Confident Indians

Tata's have done it again. They have bought yet another crown jewel of the British Empire. Tata Motors has emerged as the preferred bidder for Jaguar and Land Rover, icons of British motor industry. Earlier Tata Steel had bought Corus (erstwhile British Steel). Tata Tea had also bought out Tetley, yet another brand from colonial era. Pessimists might downplay it as a flash in the pan. But these are signs of things to come. China and India are marching, and nobody can stop them. US might have succeeded in thwarting CNOOC attempts to buy Unocal, but they cant hold them for long. Nobody can deny India its deserved place in the sun.

Coming to confident Indians. I have a personal experience to substantiate this. I will be joining ISB in the coming April. The cost of the MBA course works out to be approx 18 Lakhs (only if the North Block does not levy Service Tax on tuition fees). 18 Lakhs is no small sum by any means. But I don't think anybody who will be joining will be worrying about 18 Lakhs at the moment. Everybody is confident that they will get a handsome return on investment on this. This is the sign of confident Indians (directly proportional to booming indian economy). People of earlier generations would have baulked at this figure, but at least I was not not even bothered by it for a second. I just hope that my confidence is vindicated, when i pass out in April 2009 :D