Indian businesses will have to wait until 2008 for SAP’s new Business ByDesign ondemand service for midsize companies. Launched in New York City on Wednesday, Business ByDesign – delivered as a online service – is supposed to support a range of business operations including compliance management, customer relationship management, executive management support, financials, HRM, project […]
U.S. State Department officials said Monday India has a serious problem with diversion of chemicals and legal opium into illegal markets. In President George Bush’s Majors List of major drug-transit or illicit-producing countries submitted to Congress, India figures as one among 20 countries that have failed to adhere to international counternarcotics agreements and to take […]
For Indian movie fans tired of seeing their favorite Bollywood babes go through the motions of acting in movie after movie, Jodie Foster is an acting revelation. One of the finest actresses of our generation, Jodie Foster delighted us in Silence of the Lambs, Panic Room, Accused, Flightplan and even that old Robert De Niro starrer Taxi […]
Sathum Podaathay leaves Tamil fans with some hope that all is not lost with Tamil cinema. Featuring youngsters Prithvi Raj, Padmapriya and Nitin Satya in strong roles, Sathum Podaathay dares to break new ground (for Tamil cinema, that is) with an offbeat story. Sathum Podaathay is a commendable effort by director S.M.Vasant in eschewing the […]
The North Indian state of Bihar is totally screwed up. In the latest horrifying incident to emerge out of Bihar, a few hundred residents of Dhelpurva village lynched 10 suspected thieves on Thursday morning. Using sticks, iron rods, bricks and stones, a mob of several hundred villagers beat the suspected thieves to death. One person managed to survive […]
Bowing to the demands of corporations, Governors of 13 U.S. states are demanding an increase in H1-B Work Visas, dealing another blow to the prospects of American programmers and engineers. On Tuesday, Governors of California, Washington, Texas, New York, Massachusetts, Colorado, Minnesota, Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming, Wyoming, Kansas and Indiana wrote to Senator Majority Leader Harry […]