Do you think the development of Indica has received due recognition?
I’m glad you asked this question because, in some ways, I have a remorse that we have not received due recognition. And I would not feel that the credit goes to the Tata group. The credit really goes to the hundreds of people within the company, from the young engineers who conceived the project to the many workers who worked towards taking something that has never been tried, we have never mass produced a car before. I was in Pune on the day the first Indica engine designed in India was started. I am not an emotional person, but that day I had a major problem saying a few words without getting a lump in my throat. There was such commitment and as that engine started and ran there was such exuberance that they had succeeded in making something happen. For me the greatest satisfaction and excitement is that when we started this project, many people said it could not be done. India can’t produce, should not produce its own car, it would not stand up to international competition. This pro
