[Assam] [asom] Ambani's gift and an ODI in Guwahati

Wed Nov 7 23:41:14 CST 2007

> true. Our BPL, illiteracy rates are receding fast. Democratic India> with a population of 1.2 Bn will be a force to reckon and I am sure

Let us look forward and help however we can to it. 
Not that I have a special connection to them, but from attending a few workshops/seminars/fund raising galas here at Houston, I understand that 'Pratham India' (Read India, http://readindia.org/) is aiming to eradicate illeteracy amongst children by the year 2010. 

Their motto: 

All children in India should be able to read, write and do basic arithmetic by 2010

Now, is that awesome or what? ---

"And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave."
"Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul."
- H. W. Longfellow (A Psalm of Life)

"For until ye become as a savior, as a help to some soul that has lost hope, lost its way, ye do not fully comprehend the God within, the God without."
- Edgar Cayce 

 “In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass”
- Lakshmana

 > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:32:32 +0530> From: dasmk2k at gmail.com> To: umesh.sh05 at post.harvard.edu; assam at assamnet.org> Subject: Re: [Assam] [asom] Ambani's gift and an ODI in Guwahati> > Hi Umesh!> > India is a great country and we should all be proud of its heritage> and status as the 'guru' to the world, as the land of wisdom.> Everything is definitely not hunky dory. Probably progress would have> been faster and better with a single party rule, as the PM other day> commented in a seminar on federalism. But things are definitely> changing at a very fast pace and I am sure the 'India rising' story is> true. Our BPL, illiteracy rates are receding fast. Democratic India> with a population of 1.2 Bn will be a force to reckon and I am sure> one day you'll all be proud of your Indian connection.> > -mkd> > On Nov 7, 2007 11:22 AM, umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:> > I surrender to your judgements. In a land where monuments like Taj Mahal> > were created (today a high school textbook in US of a student of mine had> > the Taj as the full page cover photo) after 22 years of labor then perhaps> > anythings is justified.> >> > Umesh> >> >> > Manoj Das <dasmk2k at gmail.com> wrote:> >> > Ditto Rajni!> >> > I have great regards for Umesh's wisdom and judgement, but the> > headline of his last email on Ambani's gift was something out of> > place. Mukesh's billions belong to him legally, he is free to dump it> > in the Arabian Sea, we needn't bother about that.> >> > Ambanis and Mittals are different genre of entrepreneurship. Mittal> > initially bought sick steel plants cheap from governments and turned> > those around with Indian management skills. He leveraged his Brand> > Equity(BE) to play in the market, and bought many more plants and> > ultimately Arcelor to became the largest producer of steel in the> > world. I feel he has all his eggs in one basket and current boom in> > the steel business is due to the break neck consumption of steel in> > China due to the Olympics and construction boom in BRIC countries. He> > nonetheless epitomizes the Indian entrepreneurship abroad.> >> > Ambanis' greatness lies in creating world scale production facilities> > in India. They like any other successful people found to trick to> > tackle the system, against which we should not have any grudge; we> > might just have plain green envy. They have invested in greenfield> > projects on mega scale and leveraged the BE to raise funds from> > millions of small/other investors to create wealth. They must have> > siphoned off large chunks as any businessman do- but it's possibly> > legal otherwise they would have been behind bars.> >> > I am proud that we have great entrepreneurs like Ambani, who will> > propel India into a great industrial power and someday buy> > Exxon-Mobil, GM, AT&T, PEPSI or Coca-Cola and gift their wives some> > islands in the Pacific Atoll on birthdays as exclusive resorts.> >> > A quick 'jhalak' at what Ambani Sr. is doing to create a personal> > wealth of $100 Bn by 2012.> >> > 1. Refinery: Existing one with capacity of 30 MMT per year. Another> > 100% Export Oriented refinery of 27 MMT under construction at Jamnagar> > costing $6 Bn. together with the existing one, it will be the world's> > largest refinery in 2008.> >> > 2. Oil & Gas: Reliance is ambitiously exploring fossil fuels in India> > and Overseas. Size: 425000 Km. It has drilled 51 exploratory wells> > with a success rate of 61%. Location: Krishna Godavari Basin (Deep sea> > exploration at 4.8 Km). depth of pipeline 3 Km. Building pipeline grid> > (6500 km) across the country to market the gas with current reserve of> > 11.3 Trillion Cu Ft. Currently training 9000 welders, fitters at> > Jamnagar Craft Training School. Stopgap labour import from China-> > 6000. Investment: $9 Bn> >> > 3. Retail: It is shooting for a slice of the growing retail market> > (Rs. 160000 cr now). In less than a year it already has 300 outlets in> > 30 cities and 12 states. Through retail it plans to create 5 lakh> > jobs, and give farmers better planting material, more value for> > products and assured market. The roll out includes from fresh> > vegetables to garments. Plan to cover 2500 towns, 120 million sg ft.> > Investment: $9 Bn> >> > 4. Special Econimic Zones (SEZs): Setting up 4 SEZs in Jhajhar,> > Jamnagar, Raigad and Navi Mumbai spread across 300 sq km. Investment:> > $ 6.5 Bn. These will be Indian's shopfloors to counter China's> > competitiveness.> >> > Now RIL makes Rs. 14 crore ($3.5 Mn) per hour. This year it will have> > a turnover of Rs. 128000 crores ($32 Bn) and net profit of Rs. 15000> > crores ($3.75 Bn).> >> > By 2009 RIL will generate cash reserves of Rs. 60000 ($ 12 Bn) a year> > and by 2012, challenge for Mukesh will be to invest Rs. 300000 ($75> > Bn) profitably.> >> > If he spends portion of his money for personal gratification, we must> > excuse. After all it's giving employment to those at Seattle:)> > Currently Mukeshbhai is building his 360 degree sea view mansion of 60> > floors at Altamont Road with a home theatre, lap pool, helipad at an> > investment of Rs. 600 crores.> >> > Era of Indian commercial colonialism may have just began- beware> > west...just joking:)> >> >> > wrote:> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/3805> >> >> >> > Yahoo! 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