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Subir Chowdhury Wins ‘Outstanding American by Choice’ Award

 America, Diaspora  7 Responses »
Apr 272009
 
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IIT Kharagpur alumni and quality guru Subir Chowdhury has won the ‘Outstanding American by Choice‘ award handed out by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service to recognize the outstanding achievements of naturalized U.S. citizens.

Here’s what the 42-year-old Subir said on hearing the news of the award:

Whatever I have dreamed, America has always fulfilled. I am very grateful to this nation and its people. I am committed to doing whatever I can to help this great country continue its success as a global leader.

 
Subir Chowdhury

Subir will receive the award on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, during a special naturalization ceremony at the new location of the USCIS Detroit District Office. Continue reading »

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Desi Butcher Vikram Pandit Butchered

 Diaspora, General, People  2 Responses »
Apr 242009
 
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Desi butcher and Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit has joined the disgraceful gallery of America’s Worst CEOs.

Describing Vikram Pandit as one of the 20 Worst CEOs, here’s what Conde Nast’s Portfolio had to say on our ‘desi butcher’:

Pandit didn’t create the mess Citi is in, but he is the financial-services equivalent of the Titanic’s Edward Smith—a commander ill-equipped to save his ship. When Pandit took over, Citi was already on track to report write-downs and increased credit costs of $20 billion. Today, the banking supermarket is propped up by $45 billion in bailouts and is, in effect, owned by the U.S. government.

THE STAT: Although Pandit’s currently earning $1 a year, his pay package was valued at $38.2 million for 2008, a year when taxpayers kept the firm in business.

We’ve always held that Vikram Pandit is ill equipped to Continue reading »

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Obama ‘Outsources’ Top IT Work to 2 Desis

 America, Diaspora, IT Industry  4 Responses »
Apr 212009
 
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Can you imagine a top information technology executive in the U.S. with a name like Jack Callahan or Margaret Weinberger.

No, sir. No. The name’s got to be a Ramasamy or Padmasree. OK, at least a Chopra or Kundra.

Top IT Dogs
Any surprise then that the top IT dogs in President Obama’s administration are two desis – Aneesh Chopra and Vivek Kundra.

CTO Aneesh Chopra
In his Friday weekly address to the nation, Obama named Aneesh Paul Chopra as his administration’s Chief Technology Officer. Continue reading »

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Nikesh Arora is Google’s New Global Sales & Business Development Chief; Google Keeps Printing $$ in Q1

 Diaspora, Digital Media, People  1 Response »
Apr 162009
 
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Nikesh Arora is search giant Google’s new worldwide sales and business development chief and the top ranking desi at the company. 

Nikesh, who was previously chief of Google’s International Operations, replaces Omid Kordestani who has taken on a new role as Senior Advisor, Office of the CEO and Founders.

Google said today that in his new role as President of Global Sales Operations and Business Development, Nikesh Arora would have responsibility for all Google’s revenue and customer operations as well as marketing and partnerships. 


Nikesh Arora
(Image: Google)

Background
Nikesh spent the last four and a half years building Google’s European operations.  Continue reading »

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Bobby ‘Disgrace’ Jindal Lands Book Deal

 America, Diaspora, Politics  10 Responses »
Apr 122009
 
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a disgrace to the Indian-American community, has gotten himself a book deal, according to the Times Picayune.

Due out in 2010, the book will be ghost written by Peter Schweizer and focus on Bobby’s ‘life and policy ideas,’ the paper reports.

A Republican, Right-wing extremist and Christian fundamentalist, Jindal is an outspoken opponent of basic rights for women.

As we wrote in 2007,  Bobby is opposed to abortion without exception. This means even if the woman’s health is at risk or the pregnancy was caused by rape or incest, Bobby Jindal would not condone abortion. Continue reading »

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Sukhinder ‘Babe’ Singh Leaves Google; Off to Accel

 Diaspora, IT Industry, People  1 Response »
Apr 082009
 
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Google’s Asia-Pacific and Latin America head Sukhinder Singh Cassidy has left the company and dropped anchor at VC firm Accel Partners, where she will be CEO-In-Residence.

 
Sukhinder Singh
(Pix: Google)

Sukhinder was tipped to replace Google executive Tim Armstrong, who recently vamoosed to AOL, but media reports suggest she didn’t get the job.

As CEO-In-Residence at Accel, Sukhinder will evaluate new venture and growth equity opportunities in partnership with Accel besides working with companies in Accel’s digital media and advertising portfolio.

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Who’s Sexier – Padmasree Warrior or Sukhinder Singh

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Who’s Sexier – Padmasree Warrior or Sukhinder Singh

 Diaspora  5 Responses »
Mar 162009
 
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Our vote goes for Padmasree Warrior, the Chief Technology Officer of Cisco.

Maybe because we think old is gold.

Although a Methuselah-like 48, Padmasree still oozes sex appeal.

With a cute bindi gracing the midpoint of her eyebrows, at the base of her forehead just above the nose bridge, Padmasree looks yummier than a Cold Stone Creamery Cheesecake Fantasy ice cream.


Padmasree Warrior
(Photo: BusinessInsider)

Don’t get us Wrong
We have nothing against Sukhinder Singh.

Hey, the Singh babe looks good too, just not yummy enough.

To those living in the boondocks, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is president of Google Asia-Pacific and Latin America.


Sukhinder Singh
(Photo: Google)

We have feasted our eyes for the better part of an hour on both these desi women. Time well spent, we should add. ;)

Now say what you will, we hold that Padma daadi looks cuter than Sukhinder beti. Continue reading »

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Narendra Tallapragada Comes in 4th in Intel Talent Competition

 Diaspora  5 Responses »
Mar 102009
 
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Indian-American kid Narendra Tallapragada came in fourth in the just concluded Intel Science Talent Search 2009 competition in the U.S. (Eric Larson of Eugene, Ore., won the first prize, a $100,000 scholarship, for his research project classifying mathematical objects called fusion categories).

Often referred to as the Junior Nobel Prize, the Science Talent Search is America€™s oldest and most prestigious science research competition for high school seniors. Seven former finalists have won the Nobel Prize.

Narendra Pundarik Tallapragada of Burke, Virginia, received a $25,000 scholarship for his project: Determining the Dielectric Function for Crystalline Solids from the “Bottom Up”, Using Atomic, Ionic, and Molecular Properties.

Tallapragada’s goal is to one day create “mini-computers” that can be used, for instance, to create automatic insulin pumps inside diabetic patients or intelligent clothing that responds to temperature.


Narendra Tallapragada
(Photo: STS)

Son of Ravi and Jyotsna Tallapragada, 17-year-old Narendra Tallapragada hopes to study electrical engineering at MIT or Harvard.Â

Last year, an Indian-American girl Shivani Sud won the top prize.

Other desis in the Top 10 this year are: Continue reading »

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Boy, this Rudresh Mahanthappa Dude is Amazing

 Arts, Diaspora  2 Responses »
Feb 282009
 
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Until we read the latest issue of New Yorker (March 2, 2009) a short while ago, we’d never heard of Rudresh Mahanthappa.

Nor of Kadri Gopalnath.

Nor of Vijay Iyer.

Boy, are we happy that we read that New Yorker piece by Gary Giddins titled Passage to India that goes ga-ga over Rudresh Mahanthappa.

Listen, all ye philistines out there – Rudresh is a saxophonist as is Kadri Gopalnath. The difference – Rudresh is an American jazz alto saxophonist while Kadri Gopalnath is an Indian saxophonist with roots in Carnatic music.

As for Vijay Iyer, the guy is an American jazz pianist.

The focus of the New Yorker piece is on Rudresh Mahantappa and his two recent albums Kinsmen and Apti.

The outcome of a collaborative effort between Rudresh and Kadri Gopalnath, Kinsmen is sheer magic, folks. A must-listen.

After listening to Convergence and Ganesha on YouTube and snippets of other pieces from Kinsmen on iTunes, all we can say is that even we, yes, we with our untrained ear for music, were bowled over. Completely.

Schmuck, do we even have to tell you to click on the below image to listen to Convergence and achieve moksha:


(Image: YouTube)

Not for nothing does the New Yorker’s Giddins describe Kinsmen as

a momentous achievement that will be around for a long time to come.

More on Vijay Iyer in a later post.

Feast on Rudresh Mahanthappa and Kadri Gopalnath for the nonce.

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American Job Killer Maneesh Dhir Quits AOL

 Diaspora, Digital Media, People  4 Responses »
Feb 262009
 
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Folks, time to celebrate.

Maneesh Dhir, the head of AOL International and the bloke responsible for aggressively pushing AOL’s expansion into India, has quit.

We say Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish. 

God knows, how many jobs Maneesh killed in the U.S. in his missionary zeal to outsource AOL operations to India.

A recent memo from AOL CEO Randy Falco as well as Maneesh’s bio (still up on the AOL web site) make it clear that Maneesh played a key role in what we consider the let’s outsource-to-India mania that’s taken hold of AOL and the rest of corporate America (much to the detriment of U.S. workers).

As Falco writes in his memo announcing Maneesh’s departure:

Maneesh helped us learn the benefits of tapping into a worldwide pool of talent. It was his idea to open an AOL call center in Bangalore in 2002, which quickly became our largest. Two years later, he pushed for the creation of the Bangalore Development Center and the Bangalore Knowledge Center–important centers for technology, finance, analytics and shared services that are now part of the AOL India operations. (Source: allthingsd)

It’s folks like Maneesh aided by the clowns on Wall Street that have pushed America to the brink and decimated the American middle class. A few years back, when we called to cancel our AOL subscription service, the call landed in Bangalore.

 
Maneesh Dhir
(Pix: AOL)

Maneesh’s bio on the AOL web site also makes his outsourcing role clear:

Before he was named to his current position in 2007, Dhir was Senior Vice President and Country Manager, based in Bangalore, India. There he led a large workforce across technology development, back-office operations, and call center operations. In addition, he has been instrumental in the development of the soon-to-be launched India portal. Earlier, Dhir played a key role in establishing and launching AOL’s operations in Bangalore.

Guys, do not be deluded by all this gobbledygook rhetoric on free trade. Continue reading »

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