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Dear Mike I saw Rolexes being worn by IAS officers and the like some thirty years ago in India although you’re right Rolexes are not a priority. In any case such products including sophisticated cars etc nowadays provide manufacturers’ own specialist workshops run by licensees in order to ensure the best after-sale service. Little things I buy these days, watches, copiers etc all accompany guarantees for extended periods (charges added). I have seen in Great Britain also people like the locksmiths of Guwahati who carry all their tools in a small bag on bicycle carriers. An example of such operators could be washing machine or cooker repairers. They are very few really; everybody uses a small van these days. What I have in mind is this. I was very surprised the other day that our civil engineering graduates are not even familiar with the basic modern tools that are used either in our households or at the building sites All over India high-rise buildings are coming up. And hundreds of beautiful houses, flats and factories. The builders do require mechanics for fixing locks (not the suspended ones) and hundred other jobs as such. Our boys need to be prepared for this. Most townies are no longer using service latrines; al least at Guwahati plumbers are, I suppose, in great demand; carpenters, fitters, electricians and so on. A new generation has to replace the traditional workers in these trades. Actually it is rather your field. I am just interfering. Regards |
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