Friday 2 March 2012

baba goes corporate

"We have decided to expand our footprints in the retail sector to counter the 'conspiracy of loot' being orchestrated by MNCs in India. Our initiative is aimed at economic empowerment and employment generation through promotion of Swadeshi goods," said the yoga guru.

                                    Baba Ramdev

Finally baba is in lime light again , an inspiring politician really knows how to gain media attention , he has been in news for some time for his revolution against corruption. Yoga guru  Ramdev,  formed a political party-Bharat Swabhiman, to purify the corrupt politicians and rich . He  challenged all corrupt politicians ,contesting all seats in Parliament of India, in the next election. What is purpose of his political party ,and how it intends to use the power of yoga to clean up the corrupt politicians and rich in India through the policy of yoga , i really need to understand.
Yesterday he,  formally launched the range of his products in the national capital region (NCR) . His aim is  to make an impact in the country's booming retail sector baba ramdev ,announced that his portfolio of 800 products of Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd will be available in the open market. According to baba "Patanjali Ayurveda has been selling its entire range of 800 products through its exclusive outlets, and the move will turn the group not only into a major retail player but will also pit it against corporate firms."

 According to Ramdev  Patanjali's products will be 30 per cent cheaper than the items being sold by the big multi-national companies (MNCs). "Our products are cheaper because we source the products directly from farmers. Also, our overhead costs are low," "Even US President Barack Obama has been propagating Swadeshi by appealing to the American companies not to outsource jobs. I don't see any reason why the Indian government should open up its retail sector to MNCs." Baba  said that earnings from the entire project would not be used by the organisation's stakeholders. "On the contrary, profits from the project will be used to empower rural economy and health. Patanjali is in the process of building model villages throughout India,"

Well makes sense , and i hope he succeeds and we do see some positive results in near future  ,but what doesn't make sense  -why does baba have to resort to various means to achieve his goal to enter  politics  . he could have simply started a revolution without  targetting the central govt , and playing" nautanki" in salwar kammez . As a yog guru with a following of 10 lakh people he could have tried to cleanse the system voluntarily . And one questions that i would love to ask him "baba you are worth few hundred crores ,and being a baba you have limited needs, why not become a role model and put  that money to reforms "  i totally agree , i have no business to suggest some one what to do with his wealth ,but at the same time i cant stand his gimmicks for gaining popularity to enter mainstream politics.

12 comments:

  1. Its all a money game end of the day I dont trust anyone who has politcial motive and mileage .. End of the day they are all the same .. No matter what they say ...

    Bikram's

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    1. yeah bikram , v true...they are all the same.

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  2. A Vivekanand today will go unnoticed, the media won't give him one minute because he would be uncontroversial and not newsworthy .. those who can do tamasha, they are the rulers of today's world

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    1. very well said sunil ,i am with you on this...and thank you sooooo much for droppig by.

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  3. I am not a big admirer of Ramdev but I think his products are better than those of MNCs and even if he has political motives what is the wrong with it...Does our constitution limits political motives to the Gandhi-Nehru family.We all want change in the system but when someone comes forward we blame him for his political motives.We can not change our system without a big change in our political system.If we may give 60 years to a family why not give one chance to Yoga Guru.

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    1. thank you soooo much himanshu for your valuable comment..now we talk about baba,well i am a great admirer of baba too for giving new dimension to yoga but at the same time i am critical about unethical ways of doing things...i hope you remember he was caught adding bones to his ayurvedic medicines and the case was hushed up by Laloo Prasad Yadav also i would like to add i never said that his product is not goodalso i would not appreciate it untill i have not try it out and this post is more about a baba going corporate not ramdev going corporate ...well where as nehrus and gandhis or change in our system is concerned we do need a change but we need some civilised, qualified statesmen to rule our country ,we certaily dont need another laloo or mayawati for that matter even baba.you are free to have an opinion , and i really appreciate that so do i have my opinion which i can not change thats how we human beings are made:)

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  4. Just hope that Ramdev sticks to his agenda of what he starts with.. He can make it very big and have people support, however at the end of the day is on how greedy the mind really is..

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  5. personal liking or disliking about a person is a different thing but otherwis i fully agree with you.

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  6. thank you soooo much himanshu for your valuable comment..now we talk about baba,well i am a great admirer of baba too for giving new dimension to yoga but at the same time i am critical about unethical ways of doing things...i hope you remember he was caught adding bones to his ayurvedic medicines and the case was hushed up by Laloo Prasad Yadav also i would like to add i never said that his product is not goodalso i would not appreciate it untill i have not try it out and this post is more about a baba going corporate not ramdev going corporate ...well where as nehrus and gandhis or change in our system is concerned we do need a change but we need some civilised, qualified statesmen to rule our country ,we certaily dont need another laloo or mayawati for that matter even baba.you are free to have an opinion , and i really appreciate that so do i have my opinion which i can not change thats how we human beings are made:)

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  7. I used to do the pranayam regularly once upon a time and it sure worked for me. This guy sure knows how to sell himself and thatz what is needed in today's age and time.

    Glad to have found you at Indiblogger. your newest follower and aregular visitor now.
    cheers
    Kajal

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  8. i am sure kajal, he gave a new dimension to yoga ,once upon a time i used to admire him but hes got too dirty in dirty politics thats something i dont like about this guy...

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  9. Let's watch and wait.
    So far, there are so many politicians
    ruining the country by corruption and
    accumulation of black money.

    If Baba's intentions are not good enough,
    he too be black listed.But,he had contributed
    a lot to the country.So,just throwing some
    doubts may not help much.Though,lack of seriousness of
    some of Baba's actions may not be appreciated.

    I liked your way of presntation.
    Thank you very much.

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