What we can learn from #MaggiWapsi

1. Bullying works – shout out with or without shoddy reports and you can ban what you want in this country.

2. You might be right and the world may say so but you will still have to go around proving that you are right. If anyone raises a doubt.

3. Be prepared to spend time, money energy, and suffer loss of reputation if even a few individuals scream out against y

4. India is about “Bhed chaal”, if one says no, the others will surely follow. So one state says no to Maggi, other states, where it even tested OK, decided to ban it. The typical “I-Do-Too” syndrome.

5. People pulling you down have other intentions than what meets the eye.

6. We love to pull down a success. Be it a brand or a person. We are most happy when somebody finds fault with a successful product, even if we have trusted it for a good 30 years.

7. Trust is easily lost. Time spent with a tradition, habit or culture is meaningless then. So a shoddy report and false rumour can break trust even if you have lived with a tradition for centuries and used a product for three decades. In this country, co-existence even for ages together does not count!

8. General public is so callous or gullible that they will believe anything that those in authority say and be happy to criticise what they’ve trusted all along. The public seldom takes a stand because the public is fickle minded! Mind use is rather taxing and asking questions bothersome!

9. Polluted air is fine. Let’s breathe it because the government does nothing to change our environment for the better. Untreated water causing illness to fellow countrymen is fine because the government turns a blind eye to it. But hell, no, how do we allow a foreign company to continue when faced with a mere doubt! Mischief-makers stay away! Desi dhoka is better than videshi vishwas!

10. Sub-standard ad hoc testing methods are better to continue with rather than raise the bar to meet international standards.

11. Lungpower tops! Democracies must depend on who shouts the loudest and the longest!

12. If you stand your ground the bullies will relent.

13. If you know you are right then stand by it and prove it to the world that you are right.

14. You can’t keep a good thing down and out for too long.

15. Secret ballot is people’s strength. Power is found in numbers. People will go all out to support products when the choice appears. So Maggi is flying off shelves ever since it reappeared in our daily lives!

Baba Ramdev can wait longer to provide us with his version of healthier and happier Maggi as he had promised. For now, we are celebrating Nestle’s big bang comeback! Maggi’s ghar wapsi is a Diwali cracker to cheer for!