Anand Mahindra Endorses "India" Brand

Anand Mahindra, the Chairman of the Mahindra Group, has a knack for spotting interesting life events and bringing them before the public via social media. Such posts generally go viral due to their human-interest side or national importance.

His recent post on Indian-made Apple iPhone and Google Pixel followed the same path and made headlines. In fact, Mahindra is validating the Indian government”s claim that India is a world manufacturing hub as technology giants such as Apple and Google manufacture their products in the country.

I recently was in a Verizon store in the U.S to get a local sim and proudly informed the salesperson that my iPhone 15 was made in India. It was a particular pleasure to see his raised eyebrows! I also have a Google Pixel. I will switch to the India-made version when it’s out. So… https://t.co/QouFIOSu1M

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) October 20, 2023

With the new post, Mahindra is backing the claim, recounting one of his experiences at a US Verizon store, where he was buying a local sim. He proudly touted that his iPhone 15 and Google Pixel were made in India, and no one got annoyed.

With the incident, Mahindra says the world has acknowledged India as a manufacturing powerhouse. He also said that it was not the same before as there were many raised eyebrows when he talked about Indian-made products before.

Mahindra”s tweet went viral and there are 265.2K views as of now despite some criticisms with his pro-government stand.