India
Born into Brothels
Send this article to Twitter!A documentary on the children of prostitutes growing up in Calcutta’s red light district of Sonagachi.
This is one of the best documentaries I have ever watched.
** you can watch it in a full screen by clicking on the box with the arrows in it.
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Nandan Nilekani: Imagining India
Send this article to Twitter!I want to talk about Nandan Nilekani again because he has a new book out called “Imagining India” where he talks about how he built the company, Infosys. I’ve ordered the book and I am looking forward to reading it.
There is however, another reason why I wanted to bring up Nilekani… »
Safaricom’s IPO: The Russians Want in?
Send this article to Twitter!I was reading the Nation’s article on the bulldogs bidders who are clammering to get in on this huge IPO. The article mentions a company called Renaissance Capital. When I googled the name, it appears to be a Russian owned company. That surprised me (for various reasons).
Anyway, I don’t… »
India’s Finance Minister
Send this article to Twitter!Make your own judgments. I’ve made mine.
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India’s billionaires….
Send this article to Twitter!I’m going to continue this theme of posting video’s of interviews with billionaires since I find it interesting to listen to what those who have made it have to say. Why India? because the Indians are fairly new to the list and they’ve done by overcoming many of the issues that… »
Hinglish….
Send this article to Twitter!What is it? It’s a combination of Hindu and English.
Example:
“Depreciation nikal diya, assets ko less ho gaya” = removing depreciation reduces assets.
The NYT has a very interesting article on the Indian educational system. In some ways, the article highlights what many people who have had to deal with call centers… »
The Indians
Send this article to Twitter!I was having a conversation with a friend recently and we got to talking about India and why it’s managed to rejuvinate it’s economy while many African countries have been unable to do so. His/her explanation was that Indians are simply genetically superior, especially when it comes to math and… »
Nandan Nilekani & Azim Premji
Send this article to Twitter!I was watching the Charlie Rose Show and the interviews he had with Nandan Nilekani (CEO of Infosys and Azim Premji (CEO of Wipro) -If you’ve been reading this blog, you’ve probably noticed that I am more interested in listening to the personal viewpoints of the individuals who’ve founded these companies… »
The Growing “skills” Gap in India…
Send this article to Twitter!From the NYT:
As its technology companies soar to the outsourcing skies, India is bumping up against an improbable challenge. In a country once regarded as a bottomless well of low-cost, ready-to-work, English-speaking engineers, a shortage looms. India still produces plenty of engineers, nearly 400,000 a year at last count. But their… »