A city ‘of, for & by’ dreams

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The city of Dubai defies stereotype. It’s a place where swanky malls jostle for space with traditional ‘Souks’. It’s the place where the harmony of skyscrapers blends with the minarets of mosques. It has made compromises but not at the cost of tradition. Today, McDonald’s and KFCs are commonplace; but the meat that they sell is always ‘Halal’. You shall find glittering showrooms of Marks & Spencer’s but will find that the salespersons get offended if you speak something that’s against their age-old culture. Corporate honchos riding Lamborghinis will pull off their cars and take a bow towards Mecca once the voice of ‘Muaazin’ rises to assert the glory of Allah. A Sheikh might boast of 100-odd servants but when it’s time to break the Ramadan fast, they all sit on the same ‘Dastarkhwan’.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative