Today I went to buy fingerless gloves for my mother in law. I couldn’t find a single one. They said at the shops that the stock comes only in winter. Then I thought of buying a purse for her and bought a nice small pink pouch for £7. There were many attractive purses but they were beyond my budget. Still I searched through them, to admire the delicate embroidery and lace work done on them. And what I found. They all bore the tags Made In India.
This has happened once before, when I was in London. I went to Primark and selected a jacket for my brother in law, and then fortunately I happened to look at the label which had the same Made in India insignia. I had to leave the jacket at the counter. I couldn’t possibly take a Made in India jacket back to India! Nobody will value such a gift. Everybody expects to get an mported gift, not a Desi one. What a shame. We make so many remarkable products which are exported to other countries and still we give importance to every worthless thing which has a tag Imported on it. The mall culture has brought with it all the commodities that could be found in the world, and we still harp for Phoren goods.
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June 26th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Has happened with me so many times here in Sydney!
A few yrs back before I was heading to India for a trip, I bought something as a memory of Sydney to give to a friend from here - ’twas only after she opened the gift wrap and was appreciating it, when she picked a really teeny weeny inscription under it stating meekly - “made in India”