Maybe my favorite is their JV with Starbucks, which had just enough Indian touch to be special. I'll take an Indian Starbucks location over an American one anyday. RIP.
Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86
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Re: Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86
#142Many Indians (esp entrepreneurs) don't realise it, Ratan Tata's conduct is the default expectation how the successful and hyped people in India are to behave (not taking a moral stand, rather a factual one) in the society. He was known to be humble and kind and never made headlines for the wrong reasons. Many would do extensive PR, while he stayed away from the limelight. It's remarkably difficult in a country where…
What does "default expectation" mean here? Didn't the Ambanis just have the most opulent wedding of the 21st century?
Re: Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86
#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
On one hand, stray dogs are a joy for many Indians. For many months the highlight of the day was going to a cafe at 10 pm in middle of work and throwing bones to the assembled dogs. On the other hand, they enter homes and kill babies, attack children and adults and carry rabies epidemics. Right thing to do is to prevent more strays from happening.
Can you link to some incidents of stray dogs entering houses and killing babies?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/pack-of-s...
Just from the tons of articles from Google.
Re: Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86
#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
On one hand, stray dogs are a joy for many Indians. For many months the highlight of the day was going to a cafe at 10 pm in middle of work and throwing bones to the assembled dogs. On the other hand, they enter homes and kill babies, attack children and adults and carry rabies epidemics. Right thing to do is to prevent more strays from happening.
> they enter homes and kill babies, attack children and adults and carry rabies epidemics Are you talking about monkeys or dogs? I guess if you were talking about monkeys you forgot about how they raid the fridge and pretend to do laundry sometimes.