Disclaimer : I do not hold any stakes in any FMCG corporate, neither desi nor videsi. I am not a part of Congress. And, I do not intend to hold stakes in any of these in the near future.
It is the human psychology to resist changes. That is why I, the aam aadmi, the quintessential mango-man, raised such hue and cry on the government (for a change) bringing about reforms, a-la-1991, for opening the country to retail FDI, or more clearly, for allowing Walmart to enter India. One thing I do not understand, why only pinpoint Walmart? Why not Carrefour, for instance? Anyways. Only because I just have to, just need to resist changes, I have to oppose anything that's new.
And that is why I do not want to shop at Walmart. Why? Because I prefer the local bhaiya ki dukaan, kyunki:
1. Only the local bhaiya can take pride in passing expired goods to me, and then sheepishly replacing them with "expire wexpiry toh bas likhne ki baat hai, hota kuch nahi isse".
2. Walmart will NOT serve me Centre Fresh as a substitute for Re. 1, a leaking sachet of shampoo as a substitute of Rs. 3 and Parle-G as a substitute of Rs. 5. (At times the thought of taking 10 packets of Parle-G to the bhaiya and asking him to treat them as 50 bucks has crossed my mind, but it earned me unwanted flak from my mom, so the idea had been dumped everytime!)
3. Walmart will NOT be the local bitching point.
But then, Change is Good, isn't it? So should I give the firang brands a chance to serve His Highness Myself? Or should I blindly resist?
Lets wait and watch!
It is the human psychology to resist changes. That is why I, the aam aadmi, the quintessential mango-man, raised such hue and cry on the government (for a change) bringing about reforms, a-la-1991, for opening the country to retail FDI, or more clearly, for allowing Walmart to enter India. One thing I do not understand, why only pinpoint Walmart? Why not Carrefour, for instance? Anyways. Only because I just have to, just need to resist changes, I have to oppose anything that's new.
And that is why I do not want to shop at Walmart. Why? Because I prefer the local bhaiya ki dukaan, kyunki:
1. Only the local bhaiya can take pride in passing expired goods to me, and then sheepishly replacing them with "expire wexpiry toh bas likhne ki baat hai, hota kuch nahi isse".
2. Walmart will NOT serve me Centre Fresh as a substitute for Re. 1, a leaking sachet of shampoo as a substitute of Rs. 3 and Parle-G as a substitute of Rs. 5. (At times the thought of taking 10 packets of Parle-G to the bhaiya and asking him to treat them as 50 bucks has crossed my mind, but it earned me unwanted flak from my mom, so the idea had been dumped everytime!)
3. Walmart will NOT be the local bitching point.
But then, Change is Good, isn't it? So should I give the firang brands a chance to serve His Highness Myself? Or should I blindly resist?
Lets wait and watch!
