What Disrupted the Indian IT Industry?
The changes in the Indian IT industry were the results of a series of events that stretch over a decade.
Bangalore
Read More
I Didn’t Leave Bangalore Only Because of the Traffic
Bangalore had always been the city of my dreams. It had captured my imagination a very long time ago, right during the innocent days of my childhood itself, long before the IT boom that created the so-called “Silicon Valley” of India and the mindless frenzy of greed and destruction turned it into the fustercluck it…
Bangalore: A Tale of Two Cities
Whenever there occurs an incident that disturbs the peace of the city of Bangalore, like does with increasing frequency these days be it over the Kaveri river water-sharing issue or when women are assaulted during celebrations, social media, mainstream media, and personal discussions erupt with messages and expressions of shock, surprise, indignation, and disbelief. “Isn’t…
To All Those Who Deride BMTC and Public Transport
The general contempt and hate the so-called new-generation upwardly mobile, MNC-employed, high-flying, English-speaking, car-driving, snobby, westernized self-appointed hypocritical middle-class Indians (but who are in reality the elite 2% of the Indian society; like for instance, Bangalore’s IT-coolie crowd) have towards public transport is well-known. It is explicitly visible on many levels and platforms, from casual office banter…
India’s Obsession With Engineering + IT is Turning Dangerous
On Sunday, January 24, 2016, HCL Technologies, an upper-medium size software “IT” services company conducted a “walk-in hiring drive” for ‘freshers’, or graduates with no previous working experience. The event was widely publicized and amplified through social media. The company states that the drive was to fill 1200 vacant positions, though eye-witness accounts and people…
The Price You Pay for Perception
Today morning I alighted from the 16316 Kochuveli – Bangalore Express at Bangalore Krishnarajapuram at 0725, bang on time after a very comfortable overnight journey from Ernakulam. The real ordeal, however, only lay ahead of me: I had to get home from the hellhole that is KR Puram railway station junction. Usually, I wouldn’t think…
Bengaluru Darshana – Wandering Around Bangalore
It was June 07 2015, Sunday. It was bright and sunny at 30 degrees and the sky was a deep blue with sparse white clouds, the kind of summer day which would be criminal to spend indoors. Long stuck in the frustrating 10 km box that included home, office and the ring road in between, where there…
‘Laila O Laila’ – A Pathetic Parade of Passé Clichés
Laila O Laila was bad. It was horrible. There was absolutely nothing in the movie to watch. It shows an overweight Mohanlal with an aversion to shaving razors romancing girls half his age while putting substantial effort into things like running and romancing. He seems to be choking on something all the time and looks…
IT is Getting Old, as are the “IT Guys”
Towards the end of the last century, the world suddenly went abuzz with the talk of a new, fantastic, futuristic invention centered around computers that would apparently shape the future of the human civilization. Nobody knows how it started in India, but by 1997 “Information Technology” was for sure only the second biggest trending topic…
Child in One Hand, Activa in the Other! IotR 001
IotR stands for Idiots on the Road where I will be chronicling stupidity I see on Indian roads. Here is first one: I didn’t witness this, but it happened as a friend narrated it, on the Bangalore Outer Ring Road (a six-land road inside the city) near Doddanekkundi. There was this guy riding a Honda Activa scooter…
Creative Destruction in Bangalore’s Auto/Taxi Sector
I don’t think anyone in India needs any introduction to the social menace called autorickshaws, especially so in Bangalore. They and their drivers are Bangalore’s universally most despised creatures, the hate spreading across class, income and social status, bridging even the great IT/non-IT divide. Much of the complaints against them are on what they charge (if they agree…
“Can’t you See the Rich Man’s BMW Coming, you Imbecile?”
This happened sometime back. It was around 10 pm at night and I was waiting to cross the road at a junction with a traffic signal in Bangalore. As soon as the signals for vehicles to pass turned red, the few cars that were on the road stopped obediently and the alarm sounded indicating pedestrians could…