at the same time, ‘ ippo naan vangura salary ellam en thiramai ku kedacha mariyadhai’ nu ellam naan poi solla virumbalai..ippodaiku idhu irukku.. innum evlo naal nilaikum gradhu ellam question mark.

ippo indha matter ku market irukku.. avlo dhaan… nijamaana ennoda sila thiramaigal market la 10 paisa peraadhu…

I felt the same when i saw the scenes in ‘The pursuit of happyness’ when the father and kid will go seek refuge in a place…

This system is not perfect nu solradhai thavira vera onnum thonalai enakku…

Vellai kaaran kashtapadradhu irukkatum.. inga local laye lot of small time soda companies closed down unable to compete with Coke and Pepsi… They have adopted all the unfair trade practices as much as possible, i read abt this in Gurumurthy’s book.

Ungalai pathi theriyadhu.. idhukaaga avanga urimai ku aadharavu kuduthu naan onnum mariyal poraatam ellam pannalai….

BTW, there is no real product development going on in most MNCs here despite tall claims. Real product companies seem to outsource only peripheral work, which is understandable.

I never said that NRIs’ should not be talking about India. Its just that some are so ashamed of having originated in this country. And they want to defame this country to the maximum all the while keeping their mouth shut about the problems they and their kids face in their adopted countries.

They feel bad about paying several hundred USD for their wives for ordinary fever and cold and basic checkup when they are without insurance.

So they do all that during their India trips. But want to only write about the potholes in Indian roads once they are back. If all this is only out of love for their country, i am sorry i am not good enough to understand that love. I am also curious why they have no such love for their adopted country which after all is feeding them.

Thats was my counterpoint. A few of the folks still write on such stuff. I am not stopping them.

I know there are lot of NRIs who do their best for this country. Good or bad, they know they cannot take India out of them.

>>You cannot be sitting in India and talk about American Politics

This blog is for me to present my ideas. I don’t go to some other’s blog and say you should not write this. I am nobody to say that.
If I have something to say about their posts, i either do in their comments section or i write a post here.

I feel a few in the developed countries want to encash on the benefits of the globalization and then kick the same bad when it starts hurting them, without any sense of objectivity. I am labeling that Pithalaatam. I see its no different from the stance politicians take.

My labeling is not intended to stop their right to express.

I do feel I am entitled to talk about stuff which impacts me sitting here in Chennai. I and a lot other IT pros (or coolies as some call it) have a stake on globalization and outsourcing. I also have a stake as a consumer when i buy Coke, when i buy iPhone, when i watch Hollywood movies.

About 90% of IT work done here is of the services type. Most of the companies who do get product dev done here are monopolies. There is no necessity for them to lower the price tag of their products even if all Indian coolies start working @ three days for 30 Rs. like Goundamani in ‘Chinnathambi’.

As I already mentioned, I am neither far nor against outsourcing. Nor does my stance is of any concern to the MNCs.

I am saying outsourcing is a natural corollary to globalization. The moment you say you can source raw materials from country X, manufacture it in country Y, and sell it in country Z you give birth to outsourcing. I am not convinced that Barack Obama or anyone can and is willing to stop this globalization. I don’t see how someone can stop outsourcing by any other way. I am certainly very skeptical about the tax breaks route.

Unga example laye kooda, i can argue that its not just the individuals who pay taxes. American corporations pay taxes too.

Outsourcing is more on the agenda of top MNCs whose primary motive is profit maximization somewhere somehow. A politician is more concerned about a nation or a region of the world and his power equation.

Why go till US farmers. What exactly is the fed doing to JP Morgan in the Bear stearns issue? Oru level la loss podhuvudamai, profits thaniudamai nu dhaan iruku.

I agree that free market is a myth now. Just like we endured illusions with socialism. Maybe we may need to refine our concepts. Maybe we will come up with something new. But ippo irukara MNC agenda la outsourcing, with all its pitfalls is inevitable is my take.

It’s fair to say I do not understand US politics. But one plausible reason i can conjure for the bay area techie companies being pro democrats is because the bay area have always adopted immigrant friendly ideas, and multicultural atmosphere. These ideas are closer to democrats than republicans.

“But the decision to outsource is a business one, not political. ” - why doesn’t politics have the right to influence business ? Let’s consider a small example - The internet as it exists today is the result of tax payers money mainly in the US, and the www mainly result of tax payers money in Europe. Now the same infrastructure is used to effectively take work away from America. A
politician is duty bound to protect the interests of tax payers and intrinsically, I don’t see anything wrong with questioning outsourcing.

Why do tech companies heavily donate to the Democrats (Al Gore is on the board of Apple) if they are so protectionist ? Silicon valley has always been pro-democrat. Maybe we don’t understand American politics enough ?

Namma problem - IT industry got a boost due to a unique set of circumstances. Adhaye vechu kaalam fulla bajanai pannuvom, adhey subsidies, adhey nonsense - the IT industry in India is now like the farmers lobby in America. Thoroughly spoilt bunch. How about innovating ?

You pointed out cameras , camera lenses that you can get cheaply because of outsourcing. Can you point out some software that you can get cheaply because work was outsourced to India ? Maybe most of the work done here is for internal business use, software that will never see daylight. Still that’s an intriguing thought.

About NRIs, vendam … veneer on laptop screen and you will have to replace it

FM2 was one of the all time great best-selling manual SLRs. It was made avlble right from very early 80s. That was the first camera to offer 1/250 flash X-nch. FM2, Pentax K1000, Olympus Om-1N laam neraya kudumbathuku soru potruku. Basic battery kooda illama photo edukalaam.