Suzuki to adopt indian best practices

It gave me tremendous thrill to see a news item which proclaimed that 2400 suzuki dealers(top performers from Japan are on a learning trip to India to understand how the Indian counterparts are able to perform so well.16 flights were chartered to bring them to India.I immediately sat up and told myself 'arey,i thought we were always fed on the belief that Japanese are better than us in many ways, more so in business and industrial outputs'.That such a large contingent of dealers are touring India to learn first hand the best practices that Maruti dealers adopt to show consistent and robust growth in sale of automobiles,was good music to my ears.
Indians are seeming to be doing some things right, which catches the attention of countries which hogged limelight for the same or similar business practices till recently.Were Indians not told that we were not perfect, we lacked ambition, we did not believe in quality and consistency?And was Japan not cited as the "Corporate God" who got everything right, every time?We managers were fed on the Japanese management mantras for hours on end and we swallowed it with a lump in our throat; wishing for a time when India will be able to lead the world in best practices and success stories of 'can do' spirit.
When we were in college, we were told we are a poor, hungry and overpopulated country, who could have had hoary past and great history,but today is not our day; with no prospect of tomorrow being our day either.Hence when today's youngsters are fed on 'feel good factor' about India, I truly rejoice, that we are able to bequeath to them an India which is far better than what we received.There is hope and pride in the air to be an Indian.