East India company and digital India.
East India company and digital India.
The East India Company(EIC) ,formed to pursue trade ended up trading mainly with the India. In circa 1600 . It startef
trade in basic commodities that included cotton, silk, salt, tea and opium
The company eventually came to rule large areas of India with its own army , exercising military power and assuming administrative functions. Great Britain assuming direct control of India in the form of the new a Raj.
Circa 2008to 2105 or thereabouts : India has huge problems in development . income disparity. Uneven economic development. Huge infra problems. Conflicting interests vie with each other to share resources and this leads to a Hindu growth rate.
Then comes the cyber space phenomenon. Indians starts with being he back room boys. Rides the wave and this creates a significant segment that is economically well off. Many travel abroad and work there. Many become key managers of this technology.
Facebook and twitter and what's app become the way of life. Sleep or awake against online or offline.
India in 2015 becomes proactive . Traditional problems like infra and opportunities becomes irrelevant . There is a knowledge explotion. Boundaries become blurred. A PM uses this to invite the American companies who run and control the digital phenomenon to India. Western advisors advise him
Manage his activities and his misssion. No holes barred. A "barat will await you" is the message .
A huge Asian giant meanwhile, already dominating the world , and defining it own norms too, is, in many ways , far ahead of India. It matched the west and developed world in traditional manufacturing businesses and financial clout. However it fully entered the digital age but chartered its own course. Said no to Google. Had its own. Said no to facebook. Had its own. The world , the developed one , felt uncomfortable but finally reconciled. That drew respect. China carved its own path. It's own rules. It lime its history remained its own masters.
India probably does not have the clout or the imagination or the leaders with foresight.
Like the traders of 1600 BC. Who aligned with the east India co.
We are driven by a huge urge for recognition. A urgent need to remove disparity. Politicians succumb to this as they are intellectually far removed from understanding complexities of such matters.
The Facebook , twitter WA and others may become the new east India company. Or may not. Are we as a civilisation condemned to be controlled ? China decided otherwise for them self.
Should we wait for a new digital era Gandhi years down the line.
Food for thought. And action?
The East India Company(EIC) ,formed to pursue trade ended up trading mainly with the India. In circa 1600 . It startef
trade in basic commodities that included cotton, silk, salt, tea and opium
The company eventually came to rule large areas of India with its own army , exercising military power and assuming administrative functions. Great Britain assuming direct control of India in the form of the new a Raj.
Circa 2008to 2105 or thereabouts : India has huge problems in development . income disparity. Uneven economic development. Huge infra problems. Conflicting interests vie with each other to share resources and this leads to a Hindu growth rate.
Then comes the cyber space phenomenon. Indians starts with being he back room boys. Rides the wave and this creates a significant segment that is economically well off. Many travel abroad and work there. Many become key managers of this technology.
Facebook and twitter and what's app become the way of life. Sleep or awake against online or offline.
India in 2015 becomes proactive . Traditional problems like infra and opportunities becomes irrelevant . There is a knowledge explotion. Boundaries become blurred. A PM uses this to invite the American companies who run and control the digital phenomenon to India. Western advisors advise him
Manage his activities and his misssion. No holes barred. A "barat will await you" is the message .
A huge Asian giant meanwhile, already dominating the world , and defining it own norms too, is, in many ways , far ahead of India. It matched the west and developed world in traditional manufacturing businesses and financial clout. However it fully entered the digital age but chartered its own course. Said no to Google. Had its own. Said no to facebook. Had its own. The world , the developed one , felt uncomfortable but finally reconciled. That drew respect. China carved its own path. It's own rules. It lime its history remained its own masters.
India probably does not have the clout or the imagination or the leaders with foresight.
Like the traders of 1600 BC. Who aligned with the east India co.
We are driven by a huge urge for recognition. A urgent need to remove disparity. Politicians succumb to this as they are intellectually far removed from understanding complexities of such matters.
The Facebook , twitter WA and others may become the new east India company. Or may not. Are we as a civilisation condemned to be controlled ? China decided otherwise for them self.
Should we wait for a new digital era Gandhi years down the line.
Food for thought. And action?
The digital India should get good partners and inviting the leaders of this industry should be welcomed. There are different approach to the same problem. China had their own method. Like Japan had its own method when they bought all the Hollywood studios..!!
ReplyDeleteThe irony is East India Company is owned today by an Indian, keralite, Usef Ali..!!
The digital India should get good partners and inviting the leaders of this industry should be welcomed. There are different approach to the same problem. China had their own method. Like Japan had its own method when they bought all the Hollywood studios..!!
ReplyDeleteThe irony is East India Company is owned today by an Indian, keralite, Usef Ali..!!