Muslim Leaders' open letter to Blair and Moderate-Extremist Islamic Jehadi Combine!

Last updated on: August 13, 2006 at 1:05 am By Desh Kapoor

Presumably Muslims leaders including 3 MPs have sent an open letter to the UK PM. The letter is so downright condoning of Pan-Islamic feelings that it somehow brings out into the open the inherent reasons for the strife in the world!! That someone can be "understood" to have more feeling for a fellow religionist in some "other" country and one may be expected to empathize with him/her is he/she chooses to bomb own neighbors and countrymen, is simply pathetic!! Empathize so much that the head of the country should indeed change the foreign policy!! Read more

Dad over one's life

Last updated on: August 11, 2006 at 1:03 am By Desh Kapoor

Interesting bit of questions about one's Dad (more generically about parents).. that is quite true. Got it in email from Prem Baweja! ====== At 4 Years My daddy is great. At 6 Years My daddy knows everybody. At 10 Years My daddy is good but is short tempered At 12 Years My daddy was very nice to me when I was young. At 14 Years My daddy is getting fastidious. At 16 Years My daddy is not in line with the current times. At 18 Years My daddy is becoming increasingly cranky. At 20 Years Oh! Its becoming difficult to tolerate daddy. Wonder how Mother puts up with him. Read more

Islamic Fundamentalism and the Modern Freedoms!

Last updated on: August 10, 2006 at 11:07 pm By Desh Kapoor

Today there was a news item where 21 people have been caught in England as they were plotting to blow up multiple planes on a very large scale! All those arrested are British citizens and some are of Pakistani origin. What is it with the Muslim communities that somehow their members are always in the crosshairs of a major conflict? Here are the major conflicts in the regions across the world and the parties in conflict at a broad level:: Russia: Russians-Muslims Read more

Rising Wages will not affect Outsourcing to India!

Last updated on: August 10, 2006 at 8:54 am By Desh Kapoor

I had discussed in my last post that the outsourcing debate is on the wrong track! It is NOT about the cost at all. It is about scalability and efficiency foremost! Here is another opinion that finally sees that light! Salaries for Indian IT workers are climbing an average 12% annually. As large U.S. companies such as IBM and Electronic Data Systems Corp. expand operations in India, some analysts and competitors contend that pressure on wages will only increase, and the top-tier Indian IT providers will become victims of their own success. Read more

Outsourcing and the US IT boom!

Last updated on: August 9, 2006 at 10:11 pm By Desh Kapoor

Paul McDougall suggests that the employment is growing in the US IT sector as well as the Indian IT sector! This runs contrary to what the patriotic and xenophobic pundits like Lou Dobbs have been ranting about all along! So how come this is happening? IT employment in the United States is growing even as more businesses outsource tech work overseas. Hudson, a professional staffing firm, reports in their July survey that hiring and pay in the tech sector is up, as is worker confidence. At the same time, India's revenues from outsourcing are climbing--up 32% in the second quarter, according to an Indian trade group. Read more

IT Folks are a Very Happy Lot these days!

Last updated on: August 9, 2006 at 6:48 pm By Desh Kapoor

Another survey which confirms that the IT folks are happy in life and outsourcing is not a worry! Most IT folks are fighting it by upgrading their skills! The survey found the technology career path to have strong appeal among technology professionals, based partially upon their high levels of job satisfaction, with an overwhelming 94 percent of those surveyed reporting satisfaction with their current positions. The drivers of the high satisfaction among this group include job enjoyment Read more

Speak Up for Peace: Flickr Pic of the day!

Last updated on: August 9, 2006 at 3:56 pm By Desh Kapoor

Speak Up for Peace Originally uploaded by * Honest *. This is a very beautiful picture with a great subject! I like the way lighting has been used and the entire composition of the picture itself! The topic "Speak for Peace" is also a very important one in this age of strife and wars! Read more

Do you want a site or blog on Drupal/WordPress/MovableType?

Last updated on: August 9, 2006 at 5:43 am By Desh Kapoor

Guys - just wanted to let you know that I have been using midphase as my host. I looked around a lot and found only midphase to be close to my requirements. I wanted unmetered disk-space because my last host siteground.com had repeatedly disconnected me with even simplest of wordpress sites because of the "load" factor! But I also wanted to get at least 10GB or close to 15 GB at a price that was preferably less than $10/month! Midphase is the only one that satisfies the criteria! If you want to start your own website - like mine.. or with features that you can see in SAPprofessionals.org Read more

Effects of Date-rape drug Rohypnol

Last updated on: August 9, 2006 at 3:59 am By Desh Kapoor

Just got an email with the following information on the date-rape drug called Rohypnol. What it contains is simply scary! A woman at a Gas nightclub (Mumbai) on Saturday night was taken by 5 men, who according to hospital and police reports, gang raped her before dumping her at Bus stand Mumbai. Unable to remember the events of the evening, tests later confirmed the repeat rapes along with traces of rohypnol in her blood.Rohypnol, date rape drug is an essentially a small sterilization pill. The drug is now being used by rapists at parties to rape AND sterilize their victims. All they have to do is drop it into the girl's drink. The girl can't remember a thing the next morning, of! all that had taken place the night before. Rohypnol, which dissolves in drinks just as easily, is such that the victim doesn't conceive from the rape and the rapist needn't worry about having a paternity test identifying him months later. The Drug's affects ARE NOT TEMPORARY - they are PERMANENT . Read more

Why Brilliant Men Cheat their Wives!

Last updated on: August 9, 2006 at 3:23 am By Desh Kapoor

Brilliant men are most often cheats! Why? Because of a risk-taking gene! Men with brilliant minds, whose creativity brings them enormous success, sometimes find themselves in a curious situation. They are so highly rewarded by society for their achievements that they are unable to limit their curiosity to new problems in their special fields. It starts to spill over into other areas. Read more

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