Well to start with there's no reason for insults - you rather demean yourself.
I am half Indian, have lived in Bombay and Delhi most of my life, growing up in Bandra in the 90s and absolutely have the right to speak on Indian issues. India is one of the worst nations in the world for corruption. Simply stating facts is hardly something to criticise - unless you like "alternative facts"? Of course I have reported bad behaviour but it takes a long time, if ever, to change hundreds of millions of people. There is much that is good about India but there are problems too - if you can't stand someone stating those truths without insult then I'm afraid the internet probably isn't the place for you. It's actually something economists can measure - how much of an original $100 investment reaches the final sale and India gets appalling scores.
Your faith in corporate decision making is touching but history tells us you are very wrong, companies frequently make mistakes. Those pesky things called facts again!
Actually the name "Mumbai" is far older than 1995 - it dates back about 400 years. As does the name Bombay. Mumbai is the name in Marathi, Bombay is the name in English. I wonder if you even know the original name of Bombay? The Shiv Sena has no jurisdiction over the English language and their sectarian campaign to try to force non-Marathis to use a Marathi name is something I cheerfully ignore - as do most of the family and friends I know who still live there. At best they will call the bad parts of the city "Mumbai", while ever the city retains some multiculturalism, some Jews, Parsis, Catholics and Muslims those parts will always be Bombay. As Salman Rushdie wrote in The Moor's Last Sigh "those who hated India, those who sought to ruin it, would need to ruin Bombay". Well some of us will always stand up for minorities against the nationalists and fascists.
I'm perfectly happy to correct your specific errors but will offer a general point - online when people write things, try not to respond with insults and you'll find people far more receptive.
How and when did I remotely insult you? What alternating facts?
You painted one picture in your post, clearly you have an agenda and I didn’t and that’s all the difference between both of us.
Now I have no interest in politics, so am not even keen on talking about Bombay or Mumbai, as most of the times both of these names are still used to this day.
You talked about corruption and I agreed on that front, but that’s not the end of it as you make it seem it to be. Do you still think China, now that it’s better developed than ever, doesn’t suffer from corruption?
I simply called you out on your opinion, as you projected your own bias and keep touting it as facts? What?
To be very honest, I still don't understand why you're angry over this?
Your previous post is different than your current one, please do read.
Again, do you really think that Apple India Management are bunch of idiots who don't know what market they're in?
As I quote you -
Quite funny to watch the Indians play Apple so cleverly. I am sure they will keep dangling the carrot of allowing Apple stores to open there while they extract more and more money, schemes and plants. I have spent most of my life in India and I suspect that Apple's management simply don't understand the ways of India. I have lived there in total around 30 years and speak two (north) Indian languages and still I find myself perplexed by things I find and see - it s a wonderful country though sadly a corrupt one too and I still find it hard to work out quite how Apple will do things in India. Amazon has rather adopted many Indian elements, I still get delivery drivers trying to get me to pay them for items I have already paid for, deliveries disappear in ways that don't happen in the west etc and even for western style businesses it's common to have to accept that a large percentage of spending goes on bribes, tips, employing family members etc in a way that Apple will struggle with. My gut feeling right now is that Cook has no idea how shrewd Modi is and he will find he keeps moving the goalposts and demanding more and more, as of course is their right.
You have every right to criticise what is wrong, India has and probably will still have a large corruption problem but it gets better, and it isn't the end. At this very moment, Apple needs India more than the other way around and as long as every other company such as Samsung, LG and the likes have to follow the same set of rules, I see no problem in it. India does have a "red tape" for business and everyone is well aware.
To be very honest, Apple has pretty good future here to grow and I'm dead certain that's their reasoning too.
I'm sorry if I offended you, that wasn't my intention.
