Camera Trader Australia
Glorious Globalization
I was at a fruit stall enquiring the price of apples which I wanted to buy for presenting to one our relatives.
The sales man of the stall was showing me various kinds of apples ranging from the costly to cheaper one.
I saw some big, pink colored apples with a nice sticker on them, and I asked the sales man to show it to me.
I saw the sticker which had a Kangaroo picture on it.
‘It is from Australia, Sir. It costs Rs. 100/- per kg.’ said the sales man.
I was wondering, the apples produced in Australia are in Coimbatore stall.
Someone by my side, another customer said, nowadays we can get anything from any part of the world.
I remembered the term ‘Globalization.’
I bought 2 kg of those Australian apples for my relative, thinking that he would like them more than anything else.
So globalization is felt by the public already in India.
The glory of it is growing day by day all over the world.
I still remember, in my boyhood, why? Even in eighties, there was a craving for foreign goods.
A color film for my camera during sixties has to come from foreign countries.
Some of the photo studios get the films through smuggling and setting to customers.
The processing used to be done only at Bombay.
I have experienced in those days to process my color films which was brought by my friends who returned from the US for a vacation in India.
Similarly different people preferred different things according to their wish.
But today, there is no need for such cravings for foreign goods, because they are sold right in our country.
It is due to globalization and free market.
What is globalization?
It refers to increasing global connectivity integration and interdependence in the economic, social, technological, cultural, political and ecological spheres.
Global connectivity through telephone and internet is known to all of us.
Homogenization of culture, world market prices, products, wages, profits are converged because of connectivity.
Human migration from one country to another has become very easy due to the improvement and availability of airlines.
International trade is improved considerably between developed and developing countries.
Today we find the world is shrunk due to technological developments.
Although there are different view points about globalization, it is growing leaps and bound through out the world.
At this stage, no one can stop the surging globalization which is spreading like a wild fire.
Modern scientific technologies add fuel to the fire of globalization.
In spite of that, there are resistances to it from many quarters.
The ill-effects of globalization are pointed out by many organizations both in developed and developing nations.
Inequality in society is the major problem created by globalization, because of rise in the number of millionaires and billionaires in the society.
In other words the gap between the rich and the poor is widening instead of shrinking.
The major beneficiaries of globalization are the multinational corporations at the cost of the local, regional traders.
Millions of petty traders lose their business and become poor and unable to cope up with the cost of living.
Ecological degradation caused by excess exploitation of natural resources followed by rapid industrialization.
Another important ill-effect generally pointed out is the degradation of ethenic culture which is unique for every country.
Like tsunami, globalization affects the money market all over the world.
International petrol prices influence the gold market of the world.
The inter dependence has grown beyond out control.
Apart from the above ill-effects of globalization, people prefer to have it because of the benefits derived.
Free trade between nations is increased and one can get foreign made things at their door steps.
People from developed nations invest a lot in developing and under developed countries, providing employments to millions of people.
Global mass media ties the world together and thus flow of communication and sharing of knowledge has become easier.
Transportation of goods and people has improved considerably between nations.
The democratic ideals are spreading to almost all countries of the world.
Help to the poor nations comes from kind hearted rich nations whenever there are natural calamities which is common for all nations without exemption.
Therefore, we have seen the various advantages and disadvantages of globalization which has spread very rapidly.
There are bad elements everywhere to take advantage by using globalization.
Opposition parties and NGOs are the watch dogs to check these undesirable activities.
Because of globalization all category of people have a change of going around the world physically or through various media and enjoy the various cultures and monuments of the world.
Such a chance was not here for our fore-fathers, but our and future generations are fortunate to get this opportunity.
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August, 2007
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Retired Professor
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