US-based Indian origin Tech firm Apex Technology Group had initiated legal action against American blogs EndH1B, Itgrunt and Guestworkerfraud. Apex Technology Group, which counts IBM, Microsoft, UBS and other blue chip companies as clients, wanted to protect its reputation after EndH1B published a post accusing it allegedly of mistreating Indians on H1B Visas. More...

The Ministry of External Affairs is run by two intelligent, suave, well spoken and well dressed men.  SM Krishna is the senior Minister and is assisted by his junior Shashi Tharoor who is Minister of State.  Both are good public servants.  One represents the old India while the other is the face of new India. More...

The USA had set up the H-1B visa program to hire on a short term basis highly skilled workers not available in America.  While many blue chip Indian tech firms follow the letter and spirit of the American law, the ground reality is that some have used every loophole in the H-1B system to bring in low cost workers. More...

By any measure, Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor, has had a successful career at the United Nations and is an outstanding performer in the current Government.  Shashi Tharoor is a prolific Twitter user and his account has more than 530 thousand followers on this micro blogging platform. More...

The USA had set up the H-1B visa program to hire on a short term basis highly skilled workers not available in America.  While many blue chip Indian tech firms follow the letter and spirit of the American law, the ground reality is that some have used every loophole in the H-1B system to bring in low cost workers. More...

The US Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE), is the umbrella organization for 24 unions and has a membership of 4 million white collar workers. While union membership in USA has fallen in recent years, AFL-CIO (DPE) has seen a 21 percent increase among the professional and related occupations. More...

Tech giant Hewlett Packard (HP) has done very well in recent years.  Under the able leadership of its Chairman and CEO, Mark Hurd, Hewlett Packard has gone from strength to strength.  In November, 2009, it posted revenues of $31 Billion. An HP associate in Pakistan is now offering laptops for the best blog coverage More...

Hundreds of Infosys BPO’s employees in the Philippines are smiling from ear to ear as their company has finally delivered on its promise of providing 5,000 pesos (equal to the same amount in rupees) as its generous financial assistance to those employees severely affected by tropical storm Ketsana back in October 26. More...

It is a given that blogs have done much to democratize, educate, entertain and enlighten humanity. Scratchmysoul in association with Doordarshan and Hindustan Times conducted a bloggers symposium on Dec 12, 2009 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. A blogger who attended said he was asked to avoid any contentious speeches. More...

Vikram Buddhi, an IIT alumnus and a PhD student at Purdue University has been in a Chicago jail for 3.5 years now. He was convicted in 2007 for using the identities of other people to post threatening messages online against President Bush and others. Vikram insists that his views are protected under the US Constitution guarantee of free speech. More...