Last week I traveled to India with Jim (Intl Sales Director) and Girish (Indian Country Manager).
Jim, myself, Girish and his family.
As we were going around the country to visit several of our dealers, Jim and I discovered some unbelievable facts and stories about India.
In Mumbai, We met with the Jehangir’s brothers. top notch dental professional who have been promoting Ultradent for over 20 years. They told us about an interesting religion. They are Zoroastrians (Parsis), a religion which started in Persia. They are famous for being highly ethical and excellent business person: and they confirmed it. When the first Parsis ancestors came from Persia to India several centuries ago, the Indian governor didn’t let them in. “India territory has no space for your community” and so he showed a jar full of milk to illustrate the saturation of population. The Parsis leader pour some sugar in the jar and replied “our community will sweeten and enrich the Indian culture just like this sugar in your milk”. and so they live in harmony since that time with the other ethnics in Gujarat. I love the picture!
One particular detail about their religion is that they believe that a corpse is a host for decay. Consequently, death shall be followed by the "safe" disposal of the dead in a manner such that a corpse does not pollute the "good" creation. On of the ritual still practice in India is to deposit the corpse in the "Towers of Silence" and so exposed to the sun and to birds of prey...
As each day brought some new stunning discovery, we learnt next about the “aghori sadhus”; they are a small sect of people who still practice cannibalism eating meat rotten dead and meditating on human corpse... Thanks God, Girish didn’t introduce us to them!
Animals are everywhere; from gigantic bats to sacred cows in the middle of the road. As we were navigating on our rickshaw in the middle of the chaos, we even discovered that hand cart needed a plate registration to be able to circulate! Unbelievable but true India.
The most extraordinary story was definitely this one:
Did you know that some Indian have lived for 65 years without having any food or drink during their entire life, only surviving with a few leaves and sun rays... Want to know learn more? visit that link
Giri, as his mother likes to call him, is a sweet loving person, who always strive to get things done the right way. He has showed so much enthusiasm and passion for his job. In less than a year, he already achieved so much for our business development in India. I am proud and blessed to work with such an humble and yet ambitious human being. Always going the extra mile with a large smile on his face. Thank you Girish for all you do and good luck with the newborn!
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