'Reflect Before You React': Anand Mahindra's Advice To Former Jet Airways' CEO

This series of discussions started when Mahindra posted on X, sharing a video depicting floods in Dubai with the caption, "Nope. Not Mumbai. Dubai."

Anand Mahindra, chairperson of Mahindra Group, former Jet Airways CEO Sanjiv Kapoor

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Anand Mahindra, Chairperson of Mahindra Group, replied to Sanjiv Kapoor, former Jet Airways CEO, regarding his criticism of Mahindra’s comment on Dubai rains. Initially, Kapoor called Mahindra’s post incorrect but later changed his stance. However, Mahindra corrected Kapoor, saying that one should understand the logic behind what the other person is trying to say before passing a judgement.

“I’m glad you subsequently retracted your comment implying that I was mocking Dubai, Sanjiv. In fact, the only purpose of my post was to highlight how atypical this weather was for Dubai. For example—to use your own analogy—if it had ever snowed in Mumbai, I might well have said: Nope, Not Oslo, Mumbai. For the very same purpose of highlighting how atypical this weather was for Mumbai; Not to mock Mumbai. I recommend that it’s always good to: PAUSE before you PUNCH, REFLECT before you REACT,” the Mahindra Group chairperson wrote, resharing a Kapoor post.

This series of discussions started when Mahindra posted on X, sharing a video depicting floods in Dubai with the caption, "Nope. Not Mumbai. Dubai." Kapoor then challenged Mahindra's comparison, asserting that Dubai lacks the infrastructure to manage heavy rainfall, unlike other cities. He suggested an alternative analogy, citing heavy snowfall in Mumbai instead.

I’m glad you subsequently retracted your comment implying that I was mocking Dubai, Sanjiv.

In fact, the only purpose of my post was to highlight how atypical this weather was for Dubai.

For example—to use your own analogy—if it had ever snowed in Mumbai, I might well have… https://t.co/gcyqAMkMbw

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) April 18, 2024

“Incorrect analogy. Dubai was not built for such heavy rains - rains that would flood most cities. A better analogy would be if it suddenly snowed heavily in Bombay, which was obviously not built to handle snow at all. Would people in snowy Oslo mock Bombay?” Kapoor wrote.

However, he later accepted Mahindra's clarification and withdrew his criticism. “Okay, upon re-reading the post, maybe it is not mocking Dubai. However, the point remains that Dubai was not built for heavy rains, no matter what the source of the rain (seeding, etc.). It would be impractical to build cities to handle any extreme weather scenario, however unlikely.”

On Tuesday, numerous areas across the United Arab Emirates experienced heavy rainfall, resulting in an extraordinary amount of rainfall over the desert city-state of Dubai within hours.