I hate the word desi - and its derivative, swadeshi: the philosophy that the nation will be far better off without imports.
This has been the "official" philosophy for long - and it still continues - but anyone who looks at The Market knows that CONSUMERS have always preferred "imported," or phoren maal.
Shiela Dixit has just announced that she will manufacture liquor for the poor - and "country liquor" will be soon banned. Leave aside the fact that this is NOT the job of government - and this government anyway monopolises the retail trade - the FACT remains that all liquor in India is desi: Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL). A toxicologist once told me that all these IMFL varieties ought to be called "rum" because they are all made from sugarcane alcohol. Which is surely why Vijay Mallya sits in Parliament - and the Customs Gate outside the Mangalore Port is named after his father.
Arrack has for long been manufactured by the Tamil Nadu State for the poor - and I tasted the stuff once in Madras, with the rickshaw-wallahs, and it was awful. But have you ever tasted Sri Lankan arrack? Beats Scotch, if you ask me.
Videshi!
Similarly, there are Bajaj, Tata, and Mahindra - and there are all the rest: the phoren brands. Tata Indica, anyone? Or Tata Nano? Or Mahindra anything? In which case, just like our The State, why not ride the Ambassador - which is what the RTO rides?
Bajaj is also in Parliament. His fucked-up auto-rickshaw sells for 6.5 lakhs in Delhi, whereas a brand new small car costs 2.5 lakhs. This is "capital consumption" - of the poor - and it is caused by "regulation": the RTO.
And let us not forget that the RTO ultimately screws the customer who pays for the ride. The poor customer gets FUCKED - summer, winter, and rain. Not to speak of the poor auto-rickshaw driver.
Videshi!
Gandhi used to call Jamnalal Bajaj - the MP's father - his "fifth son." There is a management institute named after him, of course.
Study Economics, dudes - not this stupid "management."
And not "Indian Economics," which is fucked-up bullshit, the primary cause of poverty as well as corruption, but "Austrian Economics": in particular, Ludwig von Mises' Human Action: A Treatise on Economics.
Videshi Economics!
Videshi - from Here to Eternity!
Videshi is good for us as CONSUMERS - and all the hard work we do all day is only for the purpose of satisfying our needs as CONSUMERS.
The Customs Department ought to be ABOLISHED.
UNILATERAL FREE TRADE.
Videshi - without any "diplomacy." Without any WTO "negotiations."
And if you cannot compete, too bad.
Do not use "indirect force" on the consumer.
Then, it is the consumer who will be KING.
And the producer will be his SERVANT - as he ought to be.
