Monthly Archives: November 2007

Indian IT pros among worst paid

November 27, 2007
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That is the exact headline of this article i found on the Times of India website. The headline was interesting. Don’t we keep hearing people cry all the time about the ever rising IT salaries? A closer look turned into disappointment. Disappointment and Disenchantment. Disenchantment with how media people just write anything whether or...

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Bollywood comes to Hollywood

November 25, 2007
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First there was American Idol, and then came along America’s Got Talent. Watch Kashif Memon tear apart Hrithik Roshan and still get through the opening rounds of America’s Got Talent. This guy is a Pakistani living in the US. As part of his act he performed the Ik Pal Ka Jeena dance. The moves...

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Thanks!

November 22, 2007
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This thanksgiving, it just makes sense for me to do my fair share of thanking. So here goes. I am thankful i am alive. I am thankful for god, and his carrying me through the highs and lows of life. I am thankful for a wonderful family, who mean the world to me. I...

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He Says, She Says

November 18, 2007
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He Here i am. Slogged all my life. Achieved a lot, just not yet a wife. Work takes up a lot of time. Why should i be single, have i committed some crime ? I love movies, music, the works. Have a good sense of humour, not like one of the jerks. Looking for...

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F.O.B.

November 9, 2007
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Akhil was two months old in America. He was a FOB (Fresh Off the Boat). Even though he flew in from NewDelhi. No Boat involved. All Indians around him, even the ones who had been in the US for years were FOBs. They would remain so till, well, forever. Along the way, they would...

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Take It Easy

November 4, 2007
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Akhil was confused. He had just been told to take it easy by his fellow Teaching assistant Mike ‘Belly’ Smith, and was not too sure what it was supposed to mean. He had finished his weekly session teaching eighteen year old American kids how to save documents in word, as part of his Computer...

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