Archive: In Pune
The Thinker
I saw something this week I rarely see in India, let alone the United States. Someone gave a beggar money. Atanu Dey, who made a brief appearance in an earlier post, says it's standard practice. I have always been advised...
By S. Mitra Kalita | October 21, 2005; 11:45 PM ET | Email a Comment | Trackbacks: (0)
Outsourcing for the Small Fry
Everyone's going offshore ... except for smaller-sized companies, entrepreneur Rajesh Shah observed a few years ago. So in 2003, his information-technology firm abandoned India's domestic market to earn dollars, albeit from smaller fish than household names like IBM, Dell and...
By S. Mitra Kalita | October 19, 2005; 05:44 PM ET | Email a Comment | Trackbacks: (0)
Middle Class Sticker Shock
'); document.write(''); document.write(''); document.write(''); } //--> <p class="error">JavaScript is required to display this interactive graphic. If it is turned off, please enable JavaScript in your browser preferences.</p> The price of globalization is much higher than I expected. I don't...
By S. Mitra Kalita | October 17, 2005; 03:43 PM ET | Email a Comment | Trackbacks: (0)
