Posted on March 17, 2006 by vidurgupta
Newsweek did a series of articles on the emergence of India as a economic power. They talk about India’s strengths & weaknesses, Indians in India & around the world, Outsourcing and much more. Interesting and Enlightening. Tags: India | economic power | Outsourcing | Education
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Posted on March 17, 2006 by vidurgupta
Every now and then we hear this discussion about India becoming the back office of the world, the knowledge power and so on. This article looks at one of the major reasons that this is happening and will continue to, “Indian Education”. The part which makes the most sense to me is the following: – [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2006 by vidurgupta
The war is out in the open. Last year US refused to share ICANN and the root domain name servers with rest of the world. Now China has responded with coming out with its own domain. Users of the Chinese domains won’t have to route through the ICANN controlled servers thus creating a parallel internet. [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2006 by vidurgupta
Amul | India
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Posted on February 27, 2006 by vidurgupta
A message on the door of a famous prostitute in London: “Only unmarried men are allowed. We are here to serve NEEDY not GREEDY”
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Posted on February 26, 2006 by vidurgupta
Can you believe this? These guys must be crazy, right? This is an very interesting article becuase I think people do strongly feel about IT jobs being shipped to “low-cost” centers like India. Well, the article shows that this is not happening or it is happening but has no effect on job growth in the [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2006 by vidurgupta
When I was younger, I remember there was always a discussion about how television is spoiling the kids and is of practically no use. I hear this even here in the US. The other day I heard a gentleman complaining how the “Friends” culture has spoiled a generation of American youth. Finally I found one [...]
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Posted on February 9, 2006 by vidurgupta
Don’t know if they are genuine 1. Rod Marsh & Ian Botham: When Botham took guard in an Ashes match, Marsh welcomed him to the wicket with the immortal words: “So how’s your wife & my kids?” 2. Daryll Cullinan & Shane Warne:As Cullinan was on his way to the wicket, Warne told him he [...]
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Posted on February 9, 2006 by vidurgupta
Posted on February 9, 2006 by vidurgupta
Well, I finally have found time to get this post out. I hope this will be helpful for people preparing for interviews in the Software industry. This is specially useful for people right out of school. I have been asked questions from the following resources during my interviews at Juniper, Microsoft and Sun. The following [...]
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