As I was going through the Infosys website I came across one of the blogs in the site. The blog is named the "Think Flat Blog". It is based on topics and discussions on the now famed idea "The World is Flat" conceptualized by Thomas Friedman. The title of this post is exactly the title used by Mr. Nandan Nilekani, current CEO and Managing Director of Infosys Technologies Ltd. He wrote the post with the idea of looking back upon the year gone by, and writes primarily about the great promise shown by India, and why a strategic business decision is incomplete without a mention of its name. You can read the blog by Mr. Nilekani here.
I commented on the topic, which will of course be moderated, and might not be posted in the Infosys website after all. Therefore I might as well post my comments out here. The following is the exact excerpt of my comments:
How about making a "Global" New Year Resolution?
The roots of Infosys are in India and everyone admires the positive changes in the nation. But hang on, absurd as this may seem, isn't writing solely about India and its achievements defying the very word "flatness"?
The success of the western world and their consequent up rise suggested the world wasn't flat back then. For every successful nation like the U.S, there was a developing nation like India. The new age success of India, China, and others still does not suggest the world is flat. For every imagination-defying nation like India, there is still an economic and social horror ridden nation like Zimbabwe.
The roots of Infosys are in India and everyone admires the positive changes in the nation. But hang on, absurd as this may seem, isn't writing solely about India and its achievements defying the very word "flatness"?
The success of the western world and their consequent up rise suggested the world wasn't flat back then. For every successful nation like the U.S, there was a developing nation like India. The new age success of India, China, and others still does not suggest the world is flat. For every imagination-defying nation like India, there is still an economic and social horror ridden nation like Zimbabwe.
For all one knows, the world is far from being flat; earlier it was unipolar, and now it is multi-polar.
P.S - They did post my comment after all. What's like being on the same page with Nandan Nilekani? Not much actually - nothing in fact!
