Going to India to visit Mahindra

[DavesTractor]

We are travelling to India, leaving tomorrow, for 10 days to visit the Mahindra facilities as a part of a group of dealers from the USA. Part of the time will be at the Mahindra plant, and much of it will be seeing the sites of India, the Taj Mahal, etc. I'll have my digital camera handy.

We will not be on the southern tip or the east coast of India, so we will be spared having to view the destruction of the Tsunami.

I figured fellow Mahindra fans might find this interesting.

 

[zekeman]

Dave
Are you going any where near Pakistan ? "CAREFUL" Have a Safe Trip
P.S. tell them I love my 4110
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Ron

 

[DavesTractor]

We are staying away from the "stans", although I would like to see Kashmir, but not on this trip. We will go to Mumbai (Bombai), Goa, Agra, and Dehli. I'm not much of a traveler, but couldn't resist this invitation.

I'll pass on your comments on the 4110. It is a favorite of ours as well, especially with the 509 hoe. It's a brute, yet very refined.

 

[DFW]

Have a safe trip.

 

[KENB]

Pick me up a rear 12volt connector for my 4110 while you are there.

 

[California]

Dave,

You will have a great time. India is endlessly fascinating.

We were there in November. I found the day to day culture even more interesting than the historic sites. India is rapidly modernizing.

I took many pictures and put them on my family website. If anyone is interested, PM me for access.

Attachment: Mahindra 575 DI, in a town on the Delhi-Jaipur highway.

 

[DavesTractor]

KenB,

I'll have to get you that connection on a trip to S. Korea. They don't have a single 4110 in India!

 

[jwnge]

I was told by my dealer that Mahindra is the #1 selling tractor in the world now. What do you know about that? John

 

[Ledgemere Farm]

Have a safe trip. I think Pakistan is every Indian's nightmare.

 

[California]

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My impression reading the newspapers there for three weeks in November was that this nightmare is now past. Bus service across the border is being resumed, the frontier guards now compete in soccer games, and most everyone in both countries wants relations to normalize to a relationship similar to US/Canada.

Diplomatic relations and cultural exchanges are increasing and are focused on resuming normal friendly relations. I saw many hopeful examples of cooperation in the papers and don't recall a single negative incident.

India is fascinating as I mentioned in the prior post. Soon India and China, with their large populations and rapid economic growth, will be major world powers. I'm presently considering if India would be a good place to invest.