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India's Road To The Future
Paul 03244 writes "Historians, economists and technologists agree that movement of ideas, goods and services are fundamental to trade & advancement of the human condition. Today's online version of the NYT has a rather lengthy but fascinating article on the construction of a modern highway system in India that details some of the social & cultural changes being brought about by this highway project." Interesting to look at the parallels between the spread of tech and services in India and the same process in the U.S.
We're they're going, they won't need roads.
This article looks like "warm and fuzzy" corporate propaganda intended to manufacture consent for more globalist-neoliberal policies iike higher H1B importation and outsourcing.
eat shiat and bark at the moon
SIGH
I live in India. All Indians don't work for US outsourcing tech companies. In fact, a very small minority of us do. And we did have money before the 'west' started 'infusing money' into our 'economy'. And most people dont give a fuck about outsourcing. Most people aren't even aware of the outsourcing inudstry. And outsourcing hasn't made IT workers rich - it has just put them in the upper middle class. And the poor, lower class, lower middle class, middle class, upper middle class and the rich existed in almost the same percentages as now, before IBM created the first PC. Outsourcing is a microscopic part of our economic history.
Just more proof that Indians lack a sense of humor. No wonder there are so few Indian comedians.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee then Prime Minister of India, took this amitious project. Don't hesitate to commend the bold step taken by this old and experienced politician. He kept himself incharge of the project and the first phase was all scheduled to be completed by Dec-2005. But early 2004, his party lost the general elections and the state of so called "Golden Quadrilateral" is in apathy.
The NY Times article is over-hyped. Trust me India is a backward country and will always remain one, they can never think big and can never compete with western powers when it comes to INFRASTRUCTURE. Why do you think so many Indians are desperate to leave and settle down in America and Europe ?
Also the NY Times failed to mention about this Martyr Engineer (Dubey) http://www.skdubeyfoundation.org/index.php who was murdered by CORRUPT and HEARTLESS assholes. Till now no arrests have been made and those criminals are free.
Finally,the outsourcing wave is behind us, its only then when we saw india making headlines everyday. Its the innovation BUG that has bitten corporate America and you will hardly see any slave trading companies like Infosys shine in this. Maybe Indians will because of their knowledge and the education they get in Berkeley and MIT.
Long Live Innovation!