http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/Jobs/India-Inc-created-300000-jobs-in-US-Study/articleshow/4672503.cms
Please read the news in the link above. The news seems haphazard at best.
These are the questions that come to mind.
1. Which industry created most of these jobs?
2. Are these created jobs still in existence?
3. Have they been hit by the current recession?
4. How has creating these jobs added value to the American economy? - i.e. how necessary were these job creations - as many of you who work in corporations know that positions could easily get redundant in a corporate bureaucracy.
5. Will this justify the outsourcing of American jobs?
I tried looking for answers in other newspapers, but everyone - using their journalistic "expertise" - simply seems to be quoting this important news item from PTI verbatim.
This blog has been inspired by the word uttered by Woody Allen in the movie Annie Hall. It refers to pretentiousness, I think. And we encounter it everyday... The "Heaviosity" that is. I thought that the name was perfect for media items that pretend to be one thing but really mean something else. I also tend to include certain items to simply voice my opinion about them. © Copyright. Swapnali T.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Modern Day Pop-In
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/10/pew.internet.fatigue/index.html
Remember the time when relatives and friends just popped in anytime during the day to check on you. Eventually, we started calling the pop-ins rude. We now started phoning the person to make sure they are ok with your visit and more importantly to find out whether they are home or not.
I remember a time when I was in India 13/14 years ago when I was fed up of all the socializing: The weddings, religious celebrations and family obligations (which increasingly during the teenage years seemed like nothing but painful obligations). However, I find myself craving the exact same things that I had once hated. Online interaction somehow does not satisfy the same craving as attending a relative’s wedding.
Human being is a social animal and can’t live without society. Although the method of socializing might have changed due to technology the craving for social interaction still stays the same. I feel now, with the internet, we are limited to socializing with people that are connected to the www. What about the rest of the gang?
The social networking sites can be seen as nothing but modern day pop-ins without too much intrusion. You may or may chose to return the greeting depending on whether or not you are “visible” to everyone on your chatting gadget.
Remember the time when relatives and friends just popped in anytime during the day to check on you. Eventually, we started calling the pop-ins rude. We now started phoning the person to make sure they are ok with your visit and more importantly to find out whether they are home or not.
I remember a time when I was in India 13/14 years ago when I was fed up of all the socializing: The weddings, religious celebrations and family obligations (which increasingly during the teenage years seemed like nothing but painful obligations). However, I find myself craving the exact same things that I had once hated. Online interaction somehow does not satisfy the same craving as attending a relative’s wedding.
Human being is a social animal and can’t live without society. Although the method of socializing might have changed due to technology the craving for social interaction still stays the same. I feel now, with the internet, we are limited to socializing with people that are connected to the www. What about the rest of the gang?
The social networking sites can be seen as nothing but modern day pop-ins without too much intrusion. You may or may chose to return the greeting depending on whether or not you are “visible” to everyone on your chatting gadget.
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