What qualifications must an elected MLA possess to become a minister? Whose prerogative is it to nominate a minister? Who decides what portfolio a minister must be allotted? Should ministers …
K.B. GANAPATHY writes: Reading daily newspapers could ignite many unlikely thoughts in the minds of people who are rather sensitive. I probably belong to this class of people and which …
The “India Story” is a narrative in numbers. GDP growth rates, profits after tax, auto sales spurts, price per square foot, cellphone penetration etc, are all coolly and conveniently flung …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Ajji was watching the news and shouted suddenly, “Lo Ramu, avanu Quarter Ki alva?” “Ajji! He is not Quarter Ki. He is Quattrocchi. Ottavio Quattrocchi.” “Yeno sudugadu! …
Despite all its PR giri, and probably because of its middle-class moorings, Infosys has a well-earned reputation of being a company that is stuck up and a tad too serious. …
churumuri mourns the passing away of C. Aswath, an iconic voice that emblazoned Kannada theatre and cinema with folk and light music, on his 71st birthday, in Bangalore on Tuesday. …
After 53 people have perished in Karnataka due to the H1N1 virus, second only to Maharashtra’s 72, the bureaucrats manning the gates of health in the State have zeroed in …
Letter to the editor of The New Indian Express: Ponder over that advice Sir, Information Technology guru N.R. Narayana Murthy‘s suggestion that the industry go rural would be quite the …
Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy turns 62 on Wednesday, August 20. churumuri contributor ASHWINI A. sends an e-card to the Infosys chairman—with a wishlist for the year ahead on behalf of …
VADIRAJ HOMBAL forwards a hilarious YouTube video of a BBC studio discussion in which presenter Karen Bowerman interviews a taxi driver mistaking him to be a computer expert. The man …
ARVIND SWAMINATHAN writes from Madras: Reading as I do Star of Mysore on the web every evening over kodu bale and filter coffee, I came across the following news item …
The Economist has a story this week on India’s “misnomer” of an industry— information technology—with Mysore figuring in the very sentence. With revenues topping $50 billion, with annual growth rates …
“If IT is going to take away our basic values, then you can burn Bangalore and burn IT,” thunders born-in-Basavangudi C.N.R. Rao, in his as-told-to Outlook column. ALOK PRASANNA, also …
T.T. RAM MOHAN writes from Ahmedabad: What precisely are the grievances that people in Bangalore have against IT folk? The litany of complaints includes: rising property prices thanks to the …
Outlook magazine has a cover story this week titled, “Why Bangalore Hates the IT Culture”. Why? For land-grabbing, zooming property and rental rates, the rising cost of living. For creating …
SAVITHA G.R. writes from Bangalore: As the political dramayana took one embarrassing turn after another last week, NDTV 24×7 had a poser one night: ‘Is the Bangalore dream turning sour?’ …
Yes, thousands of young people are getting jobs even before they step out of their colleges. Yes, the travel is good. Yes, the “world-class facilities” have given our cities a …
ASHWINI A. writes from Bangalore: Saturday, November 3, was the last day at work for Jyoti Chowdhary. It was also the last day on the planet for the 21-year-old. The …
India’s private sector brooks no interference in its recruitment policies. It resists the idea of quotas being introduced. It says it is a fair and equal employer. It says it …
You can debate it till the cows come home and go back, of course, but on the Open Page of The Hindu, Chandra Kommera claims that the advent of the …
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