The mainstream media in India has played an important role as a pillar of democracy, but for many reasons it is restricted on what it brings to the public attention.  Traditional media is more focused on big issues like Governments and businesses houses.  Like all large organizations, there are hierarchies and a news article may go through 3 levels before it makes it to the print edition.  Last but not the least,  are strong advertising revenue bonds between some big newspapers and business houses which prevent ‘free and fearless’ reporting.  More...

This week, the US Government arrested six Indian nationals, as well as the Indian-born American who sponsored them on H-1B visas to work in America.  The US Government allocates about 85,000 H-1B visas every year for people with specialist skills not available in the country.  More then 90 percent of H-1B visas given to Indians are for computing professionals working for majors like TCS, Infosy and Satyam.  More...

Noodles and worms tossed with last week's vegetables, rubber bands in tomato sauce, cockroach shallow fry. Does the menu sound tempting? That isn't all; glass grains mixed with chicken fried rice, human hair omelets. Ask the techies at the Bhavani complex at Techno Park Trivandrum and they will wax eloquent about the variety of stomach-churning food they feed on at exorbitant prices in a restaurant in the building. More...

A few days ago I decided to try out twitter and came across an interesting post by Josh Kopelman titled ‘Some new thoughts on the Atomization of Conversation’.  Here is a part of the post: “On Sunday morning, our seven-year old daughter awoke with sharp pain in the lower right-hand corner of her stomach. Fearing appendicitis, we took her to the hospital, and they operated. I canceled my calls and meetings and basically disconnected from the Internet for the week. The only hint I gave was a brief Twitter message. More...

Approximately 26 acres of greenery in the very heart of a city that is barely 35000 acres in area, this is perhaps the reason why the smallest golf course in India with just nine holes is referred to as the lungs of the city. The Trivandrum Golf Club established in the 1850s under the auspices of the Travancore Royal Family is one among the oldest golf clubs in the world outside Britain, even older than the ones in North America and other European countries. More...

Trust Infosys head honchos to come up with some illuminating numbers and their forthright opinions on all the issues. T V Mohandas Pai, Director, HR for Infosys has very strong views on the state of education in India. Recently, in a seminar,  he voiced his concerns on what ails the education sector in India and how the government seems to be completely oblivious to companies’ problems. More...

And I thought techgoss was cheap for only paying me Rs. 750 for 200 word snippets.  Today, I saw someone with even more ‘low testosterone’ financial payments. Porn website savitabhabhi.com features the sexual adventures of a buxom Indian female cartoon character who according to her promotional material “is inspired by my hot Indian bhabhi. She is a regular Indian woman in the eyes of the world but only a few lucky people know who she really is”. More...