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India hasn't been very supportive the war, but they haven't been as vehemently against it as France, Germany, or the Muslim world, so you might want to try checking out an Indian newspaper, such as The Times Of India , The Hindu, The Indian Express, The Statesman, or Rediff Online. These are amongst the world's most circulated English dailies (The Times of India is #1, the Hindu and the Statesman are in the top 10.), and with the exception of Rediff, have been around in print form for decades.

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I've been immersed in Wiproans for the past several months, and instead of my job (as lead architect) becoming easier, it's become harder. We have to keep constant watch for the shortcuts they take, we spend hours upon hours helping them get their designs and their documentation to an acceptable level -- and even then we have to tell them to re-do things three or four times before they actually make any changes.

Onsite work is bad enough, but the offshore work often ends up being immediately and completely "refactored" onsite by local talent. Oddly enough, it seems the time we spend scrambling to make things work added to the time and cost of having Wipro blunder through the first time still seems to be less than if local talent handled the entire project from the start.

And it's not an "Indian thing", either. Most Indians I've worked with in my career have been very thoroughly educated, knowledgeable, and detail-oriented people -- and a hell of a lot friendlier than your average American Cowboy Coder. I just find it interesting that my company is unwilling to hire anyone with less than 8 years IT industry experience, but we'll take a Wipro contractor straight out the chute of some unknown third-world university where the students riot if they're not allowed to cheat on exams.

Well, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but it's funny.