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Re:India has a hole where its middle class should be by stnmtn on Saturday January 13, 2018 @03:16PM (#16141131)
Buying an expensive coffee from the largest coffee brand in the world will not open new markets, increase competetion, etc. That seems tautological

What will do what you seem to want is buying from the 'road-side chai stalls' you say are dangerous?? Which is a pretty strange claim to make but I can almost see where you're coming from

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Re:India has a hole where its middle class should be by ravivooda on Saturday January 13, 2018 @10:04PM (#16142618)
I was trying to explain why buying expensive nutritious coffee compared to buying road-side chai stalls, specifically the people who can afford the former but chose the later thanks to the conservative nature, can improve health, in turn, living conditions.

That said, I'm not saying Starbucks is making us better. But a chai chain, nutritious chai stalls, is long pending for India. It's not dangerous, but we are better off choosing the expensive chai in the long run, in my opinion.

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