INDIA, IRAQ & US

Last updated on: June 21, 2006 at 2:11 am By Desh Kapoor

On Iraq, the Government of India has taken the politically and morally correct stand of calling for a strict implementation of the UN Security Council resolution on the question of the search for any weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and the capability for producing them still in the possession of Iraq and for destroying them and, simultaneously, opposing any unilateral action by the US and the UK against Iraq by bypassing the UN. India holds that it is for the Iraqi people to decide the legitimacy and humanity or otherwise of the Saddam Hussein Government and that it is not for the US or th Read more

Indian Auto Industry

Last updated on: June 21, 2006 at 2:05 am By Desh Kapoor

The automobile industry in India offers significant employment opportunities. The automobile industry including component industry employs 0.45 million people directly and around 10 million people indirectly. Read more

US Bill to Enhance India's Nuke Potential

Last updated on: June 20, 2006 at 10:57 pm By Desh Kapoor

In all likelihood this is a strategic move from US Govt's viewpoint to pose India as a threat to China and Pakistan combine. Will be interesting to see the longer term fallout from all this posturing and geo-political battles!! Ahead of fine tuning of the enabling law in US Congress to implement the nuclear deal with India, a senior Democrat member of the House International Relations Committee has said the bill introduced in the Congress only increases the potential for India driving up its nuclear arsenal. Read more

Bombay's Boom

Last updated on: June 20, 2006 at 6:31 pm By Desh Kapoor

Brash, messy and sexy, India's biggest city embodies the nation's ambition. How Bombay is shaping India's future--and that of the US! Read more

Beer and Natural Selection

Last updated on: June 20, 2006 at 5:42 pm By Desh Kapoor

Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. Read more

Faults of Friends

Last updated on: June 20, 2006 at 5:38 pm By Desh Kapoor

If men are disposed to spread the faults of friends, What deadly harm might they do to strangers? Read more

Indian Influence in the US

Last updated on: June 19, 2006 at 8:51 pm By Desh Kapoor

Nice article on Indian influence in this new issue of Times mag You may not be aware of it, living in the United States, but your world is increasingly being shaped by India. Even if you've never been to India, eaten its food or watched its movies, there is a good chance you interact with it every day of your life. It might be the place on the other end of that call you call you make if your luggage is lost on a connecting flight, or the guys to whom your company has outsourced its data processing. Every night, young radiologists in Bangalore read CT scans e-mailed to them by emergency-room doctors in the U.S. Few Americans are surprised today to learn that their dentist or lawyer is of Indian origin, and the centrality of Indian brainpower to California's high-tech industry has long been documented. In ways big and small, Indians are changing the world, and may become even more influential in the decades ahead. That's because India -- the second most populous nation in the world, and projected to be by 2015 the most populous -- is itself being transformed. In the tradition of writers citing Asia's "tiger" economies and the Chinese "dragon," now comes the elephant. India's economy is growing more than 8 percent a year, and the country is modernizing so fast that old friends are bewildered by the changes that occur between visits. Read more

Photocopying Embarrasment!!

Last updated on: June 19, 2006 at 8:16 pm By Desh Kapoor

One heck of a funny advert!! Take a look at the guy's face.. all left to your imagination! 🙂 Read more

Nokia to move its Global Managed Services Business to India

Last updated on: June 19, 2006 at 2:46 pm By Desh Kapoor

Yet another company making India its outsourcing hub for Managed Services in Telecom this time. Nokia is moving its managed services work to India. Global telecommunications giant Nokia on Monday announced shifting the hub of its global telecom network management services business to India from its home base in Finland. "The managed services will be led globally from India from July this year. Asish Chowdhary, currently the head of networks in India, will transition as new global head of managed services from India by the end of this year," Rajeev Suri, Senior Vice Pesident, Asia Pacific (Networks) at Nokia said. Read more

Emotions

Last updated on: June 19, 2006 at 5:14 am By Desh Kapoor

Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves." Read more

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