Mutant Ninja

A stellar effort that went into the last year, extending beyond just the call of duty, will now be redirected to discounting the cumulative degrowth.

Whether you were in your growing years or parenting for that matter in the late 80s or early 90s, you would recall the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’. An adventure series of a quartet of humanoid warrior turtles and their friends, the premise revolved around Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo), Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (Donatello), Raffaello Sanzio (Raphael), and Michelangelo Buonarroti (Michelangelo). Blame the #mutation strain of Covid-19 identified in the United Kingdom followed by the discovery of a new genetic mutation linked to a surge of cases in South Africa for this time travel. Just when the world seemed to be opening up at a slow and steady pace, 2020 has handed over the baton of tackling fresh lockdowns, night curfews and travel restrictions to the new year 2021. It is clear, the definition of the ‘new normal’ has far from stabilised in the industry parlance. It will only re-evolve in the coming months.

As the voice of the auto component suppliers, we know for sure, the industry continues to iron out the chinks in its armour. A stellar effort that went into the last year, extending beyond just the call of duty, will now be redirected to discounting the cumulative degrowth. Even though growth plans may have deferred by six months to a year or more in some cases, the survival instinct should take the industry through. In the first issue of 2021, we travel down the road to commercialisation starting at automotive R&D, homologation, testing and calibration. I would also like to take this opportunity to invite you to start collating nominations for the fifth edition of Auto Components India Awards - 2021, to be announced soon. Until then, anybody for a webinar on Ninjutsu?