Toothpaste becomes battleground as US-India tensions spill into company ads


Consumer goods company Dabur took out a front-page newspaper ad this week carrying photos of unbranded toothpaste packs that resemble Colgate packaging. - Reuters

CHENNAI: Dabur, Indian rival of Colgate-Palmolive, is making its toothpaste a test of nationalism by asking consumers to shun American brands, as companies intensify promotion of local goods amid worsening trade ties with the United States.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (Sept 4) reiterated his call to use "Swadeshi", or made-in-India goods. Children should "make a list" of foreign-branded goods, Modi said, while teachers should push them to not use them.

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