International relations could become more and more transactional: Anand Mahindra 

Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra discusses visualizing a better world, India's potential, and the importance of integrity.

Despite odds people can visualise and manifest a better life and a better world, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra said in a letter to the group’s employees. 

Globally, the last few years have been full of shocks, changes, uncertainties and we are seeing a shifting world where interdependencies and a flat world may well be things of the past, driven strongly by national interest and national muscle-flexing,” Mr. Mahindra said.

“But India is well positioned to more than fend for itself. It is no longer the 99-pound lightweight on the beach. It can demonstrate military might. India can enhance its economic potential, by seizing the opportunity offered by shifting affinities and alliances to become a keystone in the global supply chain system,” he added. 

Emphasising that India will be less affected by capricious global winds than many other countries, he said in that context, the Mahindra Group should have no dearth of opportunities for growth, both domestic and international.

Stating that a New Year is traditionally a time for hope and optimism, he said he found it interesting that the Cambridge Dictionary has chosen “Manifest” as the word of the year. 

“Manifest” not in its traditional meaning of ‘’to show or demonstrate” but in its current, modern connotation of visualising aspirations and actively bringing them into reality, he opined. 

“That tells me that no matter how uncertain the world is, how unpredictable the ‘slings and arrows of outrageous fortune’ are, people still believe that they can visualise and manifest a better life and a better world,” Mr. Mahindra said.