The verdict is out. Nitish Kumar, along with the BJP, scored a landslide victory. They took 206 of the available 243 seats. A phenomenal 85% ! Amazing.
The Bihar electorate, including the illiterate amongst it, has understood that Lalu's caste politics will not cut ice anymore. I agree with Nitish Kumar when he says that this victory, more than anything else, is a victory for the people of Bihar.
I hope these elections are a precursor for the assembly elections coming up elsewhere in the country too (TN for instance). I hope these elections will be a trend setter.
I'd earlier said that these elections will be a barometer to the maturity levels of Bihar's electorate. I'm glad they have come out with flying colours.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
VVS again !
VVS. I just can't seem to stop coming back to VVS ! His last three innings have been match saving/winning ones for India (SL, Aus, NZ). The most under-rated person ever to play for India, possibly the world.
He is an expert playing with the tail. He is an expert playing for time. He is an expert in wearing the bowlers out. He is an expert in, well, test match batsmanship.
India stand to lose more when VVS finally decides to retire than when Tendulkar decides to retire.
He is an expert playing with the tail. He is an expert playing for time. He is an expert in wearing the bowlers out. He is an expert in, well, test match batsmanship.
India stand to lose more when VVS finally decides to retire than when Tendulkar decides to retire.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Obama's India Visit
Why should Corporate India plead with Obama to consider encouraging American companies to outsource to India ? After all Obama is doing what he thinks is right to protect American interests.
The Americans were the first to advocate a free-market mindset as a matter of state policy. Even then, they advocated this policy because they thought Americans stood to benefit; not because they had Indian interests in mind. Then, it was below the dignity of many Americans to take up jobs like data entry and back office processing and thought they were best outsourced to developing markets. This policy has now turned round and has started to bite them. Now suddenly it is no longer just jobs at the lower end of the spectrum that have begun to flow out of America. Americans are becoming concerned - and justifiably so, if you ask me.
So what is more natural than politicians beginning to take the cause up, with an eye on votes ? Politicians will be politicians - whether in India or America
So, Narayan Murthy was right. It is about time the pampered Indian software and BPO industries (think SEZs, tax holidays etc) woke up to the reality and started behaving in a more matured way, as befits them. They have no birthright on getting American contracts. They need to work for it, just like anybody else.
In the end, as anywhere else, the fittest will survive.
The Americans were the first to advocate a free-market mindset as a matter of state policy. Even then, they advocated this policy because they thought Americans stood to benefit; not because they had Indian interests in mind. Then, it was below the dignity of many Americans to take up jobs like data entry and back office processing and thought they were best outsourced to developing markets. This policy has now turned round and has started to bite them. Now suddenly it is no longer just jobs at the lower end of the spectrum that have begun to flow out of America. Americans are becoming concerned - and justifiably so, if you ask me.
So what is more natural than politicians beginning to take the cause up, with an eye on votes ? Politicians will be politicians - whether in India or America
So, Narayan Murthy was right. It is about time the pampered Indian software and BPO industries (think SEZs, tax holidays etc) woke up to the reality and started behaving in a more matured way, as befits them. They have no birthright on getting American contracts. They need to work for it, just like anybody else.
In the end, as anywhere else, the fittest will survive.
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