In the fifth episode in our 'Manufacturing In India', Ajeet Bharti visits LAVA Headquarters to sit down with the MD, Mr Sunil Raina, who is more motivated than ever to build in India and give the customers the best they deserve. He talks about LAVA's journey, struggles, approach, investments to figure out why it is the only smartphone manufacturer that survived the Chinese onslaught. Sunil Raina gives his insights on how to treat customers, how to keep business going, how to be a part of 'Make In India' and take the current 40% Indian component to 80-90% in future. Part 2 will be a factory visit at LAVA manufacturing plant, which will follow later.

Chapters: 00:00:00 Trailer, 00:00:20 Promo, 00:02:55 Intro, 00:05:25 LAVA's Starting Point, 00:11:10 Personal Journey From Kashmir, 00:18:21 Why LAVA Survived, Others Perished, 00:26:00 Why China Succeeds, 00:38:03 LAVA Work Culture, 00:44:12 LAVA's On Site Customer Service, 00:46:54 AGNI 4, 00:47:43 Industrial Design & UI, 00:50:46 Bloatware Plague, 00:54:32 LAVA Distinguishing Factors, 00:58:45 Product Line-up, 01:01:37 Motivation Against Industry Giants, 01:04:46 How Hard Is Smartphone Manufacturing, 01:11:40 Industry Bottlenecks & Govt, 01:19:48 Limited Talent Pool In India?, 01:24:09 Update On R&D By LAVA, 01:30:38 Future Products, 01:35:31 Outro

In a bizarre use of technology, scores of requests were made to Grok AI to remove women’s clothings and present them all in bikinis. It complied and sure enough became a trend where men used the prompt to use any image, from anywhere to put them in bikinis. In Indore, the crisis continues but the BJP leaders look hellbent with their insensitivity. CM Mohan Yadav was seen posting images of wedding and Ramayan festival while 1400 are still in hospitals. Anil Mishra was arrested in madhya Pradesh whereas several who burnt Hindu scriptures are still roaming free. The gig worker economy & Swiggy-Zomato delivery worker strike brought a debate as to what is fair pay. Ajeet Bharti discusses the issues in detail and answers viewers’ questions.

Indore is in news for something which it never stood for: Contamination! Dirty water took 14 lives, with another 1400 taken ill at various hospitals. Locals say it was brewing for long but administration chose to ignore it. Kailash Vijayvargiya talked a journalist down with words like ‘fokat ka prashn’ and ‘ghanta ghoom kar aaye ho’. In europe, New Year party goers witnessed a huge blast in Switzerland and a burnt church in Amsterdam. WHile in India, Hindus flocked in huge groups to visit various temples, in a complete shift from a few years earlier when it was always party.