NDTV is one of the most respected TV channels credited with a number of hard hitting exposes.  Infosys co-founder and iconic tech guru Narayana Murthy is on the Board of NDTV.  Another Infosys co-founder and successful author, Nandan Nilekani, currently heads the Government’s UID Project. So what happens when NDTV interviews Nandan? You get a feel good interview. More...

India has been blessed with the presence of many great religions living in relative peace and harmony.  And this mix of Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and others has given us strengths unique in the world. Mid 2008, techgoss had reported about an AP-based investment company which listed Wipro, HCL, Infosys and even Satyam stocks as halal. But IBM was not Halal. More...

Even as outsourcing and recession result in job losses and salary cuts in USA, American engineers (with Bachelors degrees) still get paid more than local economists, accountants and most in the medical profession.  In fact, American Aerospace, Chemical, Computer and Electrical engineers lead the starting and mid career salaries among all professions.  More...

Most Indian security experts feel that the biggest threats to our country come from Pakistan and China.  Conversely, the Chinese and Pakistanis will have their own views on which nations pose a danger to their own countries.  Any overseas Telecom company that has the potential to harm national interest is banned or restricted from operating in the host country. More...

The Indian workers of IBM are losing their benefits before they gain it says Karthik Shekhar, General Secretary, UNITES Professionals, the IT & ITES employees in India affiliated to UNI Global Union. Karthik opines that IBM employees in India are exploited. IBM’s net income for the 6 months ended June 30, 2009 was $5.4 billion compared with $5.1 billion in 2008. More...

The battle seems unfair. At one end, you have business behemoth TATAs who own hotels, a tech major, car companies and have business interests in every corner of India.  The TATA’s are highly regarded as professional managers who treat their employees well. At the other end you have a smaller but equally regarded online Travel firm MakeMyTrip.com. More...

Multi national Unilever dominates its markets in large parts of India, Pakistan and elsewhere.  Like other companies operating in the modern world, it strives to be a good corporate citizen and to give quality products at affordable prices. Local consumers love its products.  Now Unilever Pakistan stands accused of trying to cover up a reality show death. More...

SpiceJet’s inflight magazine ‘SpiceRoute’ promotes the carrier, its travel destinations and everything its customers would be interested in.  Unfortunately for SpiceJet,  its Aug, 2009 issue has an article ‘What’s in Your Khomcha?’ which has been plagiarized from material published by popular Delhi blog and Orkut community Eating Out In Delhi (aka EOID). More...

Trouble is brewing in the Gurgaon office of Software Technology Group (STG) where employees have either not been paid, or were being paid half of their salaries for the past 10 months or so.  The angry employees are on the war path. A substantial number of employees (including programmers) have left while others have clung on hoping things will improve. More...

Low cost airline SpiceJet inflight magazine ‘SpiceRoute’ promotes the carrier, its travel destinations and everything its customers would be interested in.  Unfortunately for SpiceJet,  its Aug, 2009 issue has an article ‘What’s in Your Khomcha?’ which has been plagiarized from material published by popular Delhi blog and Orkut community Eating Out In Delhi (aka EOID). More...