I found my self sitting next to the co-founder Thomas Koberl http://www.abacus.ch/start/de/index.html
Last night at dinner, Abacus is a success story here in CH.
usual chit chat and then the topic “India” when he realised
That I was indian, came up.

This guy refukes everything around working with indians in India.
The discussion on my table left me “gob smacked”

To cut a long story short, his views.
1. they need military guidance
2. they can’t think out of the box
3. their far too young and inexperienced
4. you have to stand over them from A-Z
5. bureaucracy
6. saying “yes, yes, yes” meaning “have no clue”

Und, und, und…….

Opensource could be an option was his last words.

One guy on the table had used a renowned Indian software company
“And threw money out of the window”

I’m not a nerd so the technical discussions about where their operations
In India had faltered were not familiar terms.

I just sensed a lot of animosity and unfortunately remorse towards India from these businessmen.

And after my experiences of doing business “in my motherland” I understood where they’re coming from.
One guy explained out of sheer frustration how he ended up screaming at an employee (this is not swiss like) and felt so miserable afterwards and drained, that he had to for his sanity leave.

And my “love – hate relationship” to India is a natural transition that everyone experiences, they all said they would return back for the “food”
At which point I plugged my restaurant :-)