Our Lactose-Deficient Correspondent in East Delhi reports that he has started drinking “Reliance Milk” from today. A half-litre packet of full cream milk, branded Dairy Pure, costing Rs 13 and made by Reliance Dairy Foods with its offices in Bombay, landed at his doorstep while he was asleep.
Tongue firmly in both cheeks, OLDCED writes:
“After textile fabrics, petrol, petrochemicals, plastics, power, vegetables, wellness, mobile phones, mutual funds, chappals, groceries, books, spectacles and broom sticks, the mighty empire of Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani has deigned to sell me doodh.
“Only two things remain untouched by Dhirubhai Ambani‘s sons: haircutting saloons and autorickshaws. If India legalises the sex trade, Reliance will be the first to bid for it, too. After that we can stop holding elections and ask Reliance to bid for the government.
“A modh bania from Porbandar called Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi wanted to fetch us self-reliance. What the modh banias called the Ambanis from Chorwad are giving us is Reliance, plain and simple.”
Photograph: courtesy India Retail Biz
Also read: Why the Indian media doesn’t take on the Ambanis
no kidding ….there was a kalayana mantapa on banneghatta road which suddenly had a reliance logo and the rumour was that , reliance had ventured into wedding business as well…luckily/unluckily it turned out to be a reliance mart :)
Your OLDCED has to catch up. Let him add one more tag ” Reliance Jewelry”. You can find one at the Jayanagar 4th Blk, Bangalore; which started a discount sale recently.
At this rate, it would be soon; ” India is Reliance and Reliance is India”
your OLDCED is a vulgur casteist
This is a part of the SP bargain. If the UPA Govt. survives with the support of SP, all that you have said will happen! Jai Bharat!
Long time back the Andava cult were found to have Gold biscuits in their turban, and now what does Manamohanji has in his?
Yuppp…. see Chandigarh… the so called Utopian City …
a whole village of milkmen was acquired by chandigarh administration and sold to Reliance for making a MILK CITY…!!
Another unbelivable thing : Chandigarh bus stand in sec 17 is being shifted to sec 43 and the prime place in sec 17 is being sold to Reliance for malls!!!
Sad thing is that only a few people are actually questioning the Govt for their stupid decisions … i mean public private partnership is fine,,but what about people…. !
Dr Gaurav Chhabra
Founder , Humlog,
Chandigarh
http://www.humlog.org
Communists given a chance would like everything taken over by government and keep it under its control. There are enough idiots from media who appreciate that stand. But they cannot stand a private enterprise doing better than government in all its undertakings.
True ambanis are everywhere. Whats wrong with it? you said sex trade – well, as long as what the consumer get is disease free, isnt that a good thing to happen? And less said about gandhi the better. self reliance is a dream and will remain dream. nobody is self reliant in all things. All are dependent on each other. Times have change, so should Indians.
Hilarious! I love the Gandhian aspect to this story. Keep up the good words churumuri.
Isnt it great what Reliance has done? There is probably nothing that Gandhi would have disapproved of about the long term work they have done, given the present conditions in our country.
In many sectors what the government has not been able to do for 50+ years, Reliance has been able to do in a short span of time. And with great efficiency, generating profits for themselves and their shareholders all along the way, working their way around a labyrinthian system wherever necessary. And still having a basic vision for themselves and for India. Hopefully their (and other Indian companies) vision will pull more and more people out of poverty and darkness. Hope the government (people with political power) realizes what the people of India are capable of if they are given basic infrastructure and a just system. And they start reducing the bureaucratic setup/paperwork while ensuring social justice is within the reach of all.
Should HDD sell you petrol? Should the crown prince work with Backops? Should the CPI sell beedis and run a television channel? There is something very good about selection bias no?
What is Wrong, Clavin kain the makers of cosmetics (chik shampoo) have started a Saloon chain, one opened recently Rajajinagar.
Reliance have failed in many ventures too, they have sold 51 % stakes of reliance fresh to a British chain.
They have shut down the retail petrol bunks, off course to reap more profits by exporting oil.
Sharad pawar bans export of rice, wheat etc to contain inflation, how about banning export of petroleum product ?
We raise hell from rooftops about MNC invasion of India. When one of our own stands up to them and hudred others are ready to follow them, we cry foul.
I think we all have a streak of Indian Communists in us. “They shouldn’t do it. We also wouldn’t do it”.
Perhaps many of us do not know about export commitments an Export Oriented Unit has to make, when you import your inputs, whether the inputs are raw materials, capital goods or pay for other expenses in Foreign Exchange. The Government does not talk about removing/relaxing these export commitments.
Public Sector Refineries get subsidies for selling petroleum at subsidised prices and there is no such subsidy for Private Refiners. Govt makes up it losses by taxing directly or indirectly. Who will make up private refiners’ losses. Even the Government is not ready to reduce excise or custom duties to reduce prices.
If banning export of Refinery products was a solution, Government is not dumb and if that were the solution they would had done it long back. Their own stipulations are holding it back.
We all have solutions, moogina nerada solutions, but without studying the ground realities.
Who said a Desi company such as Reliance should not produce and sell things and only MNCs can do so. Reliance have all the right to do so. But malls and vegetable shops! That is too much. They want to suffocate and kill small business and small vendors! The mall culture is already passe in West, as it encourages dependence on automobiles and discourages healthy habits such as walking down to your neighborhood ‘Mom and Pop stores’. Whatever they discard we lap up! and have to relearn the whole lessons hard way!
More than anything such cheap stuff like this http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080704/836/tbs-customs-officials-seize-two-reliance.html puts you off and makes you think about their business practices and ethics.
I would like Reliance, the Aditya Birla Group, and the Tatas to run as many cities in India as possible. I have lived in Jamshedpur and visited Korba (where the AV Birla’s Hindalco is located). These are fine townships, well run, peaceful, beautiful and liveable. Our politico-bureacratic class is utterly useless and should be pensioned off for good. Relaiance I am sure will do a great job og whatever it takes up. No one can be more venal than a Deve Gowda or Karunanidhi clans(wo)man. Good riddance.
What is wrong in reliance entering all the sectors, They have started reliance fresh – for this they are able to sell the vegetables at a cheaper price bcoz they directly buy from the farmers.
This is good for the farmers as they get more than what they get by selling to RMCs.
Reliance entering all the sector! why not, People get better service, at reduced cost. people get some respectable job to run standard life style. I personally vote the mega company entering all the corners of human needs.
hi i am william and i working as a manager as 8 years in the salon and i like 2 jon in your compay
i m ravinder singh from chandigarh nd i m interested in renting out my commercial place to reliance saloon.or associating with it