Even if it were so, I find this kind of attitude damaging for society.<p>It's the same thing in Europe or the USA: nationalistic pride results in more expensive products, and people complain why they aren't cheaper. If instead they are cheaper but produced abroad they complain why they were not made in our home country, and why are we giving money to foreigners.<p>If the Indian government found that the only way to get a 35$ tablet was from a chinese company, kudos to them to do what's best for their society. A cheap tablet will be a lot more useful than the damage it will bring to Indian pride.
Whether this proves to be right or not, you should always be skeptical about indian government's frivolous claims. From my personal experience I can tell you its not limited to the government, this kind of attitude it very common among businesses and entrepreneurs in India.<p>Another good example would be try posting for a freelance dev job in any job boards and watch the frivolous offers trickle down without anyone even reading what the requirements of the jobs are.<p>I wonder if this is a cultural thing.<p>Also for some blind patriotism read the comments on this blog post.<p>PS. Before anyone starts bashing me for generalizing. I am from that region, and have quite a few first hand experience.
Intriguing, but not yet a smoking gun. Could the Chinese company have been a source for some of the exterior parts? Could the Chinese company be pirating the Indian design?
<i>"Whatever patents are necessary, will be filed and protected", Mr N K Sinha, Joint Secretary at the HRD Ministry announced. "But the industry today is such, that most of the parts necessary, are available straight off the shelf."</i><p>All the parts, in fact!
A few more details: <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/jaimonjoseph/326/62006/is-indias--35-laptop--really-indian.html" rel="nofollow">http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/jaimonjoseph/326/62006/is-indias...</a>