Is the world really flat ??

Couple of recent happenings inspired this post !! The first one was the boycott of Coke in some American Universities bcoz it caused ground water pollution in kerala. The "activists" made this big news and the students unions decided to ban coke from the campuses !! The next one is Indian commerce minister pitching for Mittal's take over of Arcelor !! The honourable minister feels that Europeans are not following Free Trade in the real sense of the word and they are scuttling "Indians" oppurtunites ?? Indian - who mittal ?? I was left scraching my head till the news channels announce that Mittal has a Indian passport and the GOI is proud of it !! The french immediately pointed out that Mittal has business interests all over the Globe except India. There was Rahul Bajaj actively campaigning LNM's cause. The American editor who was also in the show pointed out India's hypocrisy with an apt example. Tommorrow if GE makes a hostile bid for TATA, will the Indians keep quiet ?? Rahul bajaj was left tongue-tied !!

THe next major turning point was the publication of cartoons by the danish newspaper. In days of yore, such a thing would have hardly drawn such "global" attention. Protests if any, would have been confined to the country or maximum Europe. Instead we have places like Pakistan, Lebanon going up in flames in protest !!It warms my heart to see that "Technology" has indeed brough down barriers and made the world a smaller place !! Has it made the world a better place ?? Hmm that's a story for some other day :) :)

PS - Am reading through "The world is Flat" by Tommy Friedman !! Amazing book.. If u not yet woken up to the power of Globalisation, this book would shake u awake and make u sleepless :) :)