Latest reports from Indian newspapers suggest that the party may be coming to an end for Indian software developers whose rise has corresponded with a steady decline in fortunes for American programmers. India’s leading daily The Times of India reports that Satyam Computers could fire up to 4,500 employees, about 9% of the company’s 51,000 […]
Party Over for Indian Software Coolies With Indian IT majors like Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services openly expressing concern over project delays and the deteriorating economic situation in the U.S., the big question is not if but when the big desi software companies will start firing their software coolies. The economic malaise is now spreading […]
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made it clear where he stands on the contentious issue of outsourcing that has snatched several thousand well paying jobs from Americans and handed them over to the cheaper Indian and Chinese coolies. In his acceptance speech, this is what Obama had to say: Unlike John McCain, I will […]
If history is any guide, Indian consumers will for the most part ignore Microsoft’s new Lumia smartphones launched in the country today. Lumia 510 and Lumia 950 XL, Microsoft’s latest smartphones, debuted in India November 30, 2015 just 10 days after their U.S. launch. The high-end Lumia 950XL (Rs 49,399) has a 5.7-inch screen, 20MP […]
“You can smell an Indian before you see or hear him” is a truism as old as the Himalayas. Just the other day, I stumbled upon a furphy that Alexander the Great hurriedly scampered out of India after crushing the local king Porus not because his soldiers mutinied; au contraire, it seems the Emperor found […]
It’s not what you did, son. It’s who you did it to. – Russian mob chief Viggo Tarasov to son Joseph in John Wick. What’s common to Bollywood and Hollywood garbage? Ha ha ha, elementary my dear kiddo. Both have a strong Indian connection. While the details of Indian connections to Bollywood garbage are no […]