Or what newspapers and media will not tell you about the 2009 Indian Parliamentary Election. Will the new government go in for reform? Absolutely! Though there may be a slight difference between what everyone understands by reform and what the government means by reform. From the government’s perspective reform means re-forming the government. The party…
After his recent visit to China, the Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh had a message for the Indian industry: Try to learn from the Chinese industrialists. It was widely broadcast across all the Indian media. I do not know what he meant by that – Indian industry is as great or aspiring to be…
These images tell a story. The Twin Towers, a symbol of US capitalistic superpower, have collapsed. The US is busy fighting the war against terror. In the meanwhile, Burj Dubai, the tallest free standing structure in the world, just reached a soaring 574.5m (1,885 ft) with 154 completed stories. It is predicted to be the…
Please read an updated and expanded edition of this post at The Great Indian Mutiny. Echoing the sentiments and thoughts expressed by K. Subrahmanyam as I’d written earlier about, it is now the turn of Ratan Tata to speak out about the significance of the Indo-US nuclear deal and what may be the implications if…
Update: Please read a revised and expanded edition of this post at The Great Indian Mutiny. Exactly 60 years after independence, India stands on a precipice. If it is ready to open its arms and join the world powers, it can soar into the sky. If it acts afraid, and bows to China, it will…
While India may be an attractive low-cost outsourcing destination, it is also an attractive destination for locusts! The UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization has warned of a locust threat in India and Pakistan: Recent heavy rainfall in Pakistan and western India has created ‘unusually favorable breeding conditions’ for locusts until October along both sides of…
Interesting paradoxical news on this front today. Around a month back, Forrester research came out with a report titled “China’s Diminishing Offshore Role“. “When Forrester first looked at China’s offshore and global delivery model (GDM) role nearly two years ago, the country was widely viewed as the key challenger to India for offshore supremacy. However,…
India’s Kerala state government is counting on open-source software to boost its IT literacy rate. “Kerala has always been a leader in literacy, and now we want to make Kerala a leader in e-literacy,” said Kerala Chief Minister V. S. Achutanandan. “We believe that free and open-source software is an essential component in our drive…
The first patent application for an artificial living organism has recently been filed. Don’t believe me? From the Economist: YOU have to hand it to Craig Venter, he is not someone who thinks small. The latest adventure of the man who was the first to sequence the genome of a living organism (three weeks after…
Received this in an email forward, and it’s quite enlightening! Reminded me of the basket of crab theory: if you have a basket full of live crabs, you don’t need to cover the lid! You know why? Well, the one crab that tries to climb up the wall of the basket is pulled down by…
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