For over four decades now, it’s been apparent to all but the completely blind or the utterly senile that India is a blundering, doddering mockery of a democracy that has totally lost its way. A soft state, to borrow Gunnar Myrdal’s terminology, where the government institutions have become so weak and corruption so endemic that […]
This is weird. A Dutch technology company IAI (subsidiary of DOCDATA N.V. in Waalwijk, the Netherlands) is tooting its horn that it’s the supplier of security equipment to the India Security Press in Nashik. Now, all the forgers and whackos in the world know what security technology the India Security Press is using for its […]
This is beyond pathetic. In an act of monumental folly, the U.S. government is throwing the Vikram Pandit-led Citigroup a $306 billion lifeline following the collapse of its shares last week. This is on top of the $25 billion the government has already put into Citigroup under the TARP (Troubled asset Relief Program) initiative. The […]
Shares of the Vikram Pandit-headed Citigroup fell a record 23% to $6.40 on Wednesday, a 13-year low. We don’t see how Vikram Pandit, a greedy desi butcher, can survive for long in his post with the stock in free fall and the loss of investor confidence. Pandit: Clueless? Since Vikram Pandit took over as CEO […]
Egyptian coolies have thrown down the gauntlet to our desi coolies on handling the White Man’s IT chores and back-office operations. Egypt, a country ruled with an iron fist by U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak, says it’s leading the charge to make Africa an attractive market for outsourcing. (Although American media and movies routinely caricature Egypt […]
After the clowns in the Tamil film industry, the software coolies in Tamil Nadu have jumped on the support-the-poor-suffering-Sri Lankan Tamils bandwagon. The Hindu reports that hundreds of IT workers belonging to leading Indian software companies in Chennai have launched a campaign on Monday in support of Sri Lankan Tamils. We wonder why the f*** these […]