Wipro Technologies, one of the so called elite IT services companies of India, is at it yet again. During the slowdown of 2000-2001, Wipro first offered fresh graduates jobs and later of reneged on its offer leaving hundreds of aspiring young graduates high and dry.

A few days back with the economy showing signs of slowing down globally, Wipro announced that it would make its work week a 6-day week and a work day a 9 hr day to compensate for the falling value of the US Dollar against the Indian Rupee. Real assholes. When the economy was up and Wipro was raking in the moolah, they never thought of shortening the work week or descreasing the number of hours per day.

And now they are at it again. Recently Wipro handed out job offers to hundreds of new engineers for the post of Project Engineer. Their initial pay package was set between Rs 2.75 – 3.00 lacs per annum. After a few days Wipro sent the poor guys another letter stating that due to the current global economic crisis the company cannot recruit them as Project Engineers, rather they would have to join in the BPO/call center business. Also their salaries would be reduced to Rs 1.2 – Rs 1.6 lacs per annum. What the f@#!^&% hell!!!!!!

The new graduates were obviously miffed and they went looking for answers from the HR department of the company. Arrogant as most HRs are in India, Wipro’s HRs informed them that it was a take-it-or-leave-it offer. Again, what the…….!!!!!!!!!!

Ladies and gentlement, Wipro has proved itself to be a repetitive offender and from the way it deals with its prospective employees it shows what kind of value system the company imbibes. There’s a lot of talk about foreign companies exploiting Indian labour and why won’t they when our own home grown companies are engaging in it? Is there nothing that can be done against such companies?

DOWN WITH PAKISTAN, DOWN WITH THE INDIAN

GOVERNMENT

10 men and 62 hrs of mayhem in Mumbai, left 180 odd dead and many many more injured. Some of them could be incapacitated for life due to the gravity of their injuries. And what does the Indian government say? “We condemn the attack”. F#$% YOU!!! Goddamn you Dr Man Mohan Singh and goddamn the rest of the politicians who are running this good-for-nothing government.

For the last five years the only agenda of this government has been minority appeasement. Sorry, let me rephrase that. The only agenda for the last five years has been Muslim appeasement. And what was the result? A blood-bath in Mumbai the kind of which the world has never seen before. Elite hotels and restaurants were targeted and people were shot like rabid dogs in the street. In response the home minister and the Maharashtra CM resigned. BIG F#$!@*% DEAL!!! Of course they would so that they can shun off the responsibility of this massive failure.

Wake up people. Drag these ministers out of their homes and lynch them in full view of everybody. They do not deserve to live. They are the reason that 200 odd people lost their lives in the Mumbai massacres and left thousands affected gravely. Pakistan was, is and will be the breeding ground of Muslim fundamentalism and it needs to be dealt with right now. Muslim extremist groups like LeT and Al Qaida, and notorious gangsters like Dawood Ibrahim, find safe haven in this brutal, inhuman country that still practices the most barbaric of laws in its villages. By the day Pakistan’s audacity has increased buoyed by the support that it got from the US government in terms of financial assistance. It continued in its ways and committed large scale atrocities against mankind at large. And yet nobody does anything about it.

9/11, 7/11 and now the Mumbai massacre ought to pin these pigs once and for all. Let the whole world target them. Stop immigration from Pakistan to any developed country. Do not allow people from Pakistan to travel to other countries. Stop giving them aid. They are a disease in today’s world and it is the duty of each and every man to eradicate it from the surface of the earth. The world will be a better place without these practitioners of violence in the name of jihad.

These steps would probably hurt scores of innocent people, but so be it. When the terrorists attack they hurt scores of innocent people too. So why should be sympathize with the expat Pakistanis? It’s their misfortune that they were born in the most hated country in the world and its their responsibility to force the country to mend its ways. If they cannot do so they should be ready to face the consequences. Militancy is the cancer of the Muslim community and they need to get rid of this cancer before it destroys their very existence.

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Infosys likes to be in the news always, don’t they? They have an uncanny ability to make the most mundane of events appear game-changing. They keep on talking about how they have the best management team in the world and the best people working for them but still they are not considered in the big league. That league is still dominated by the likes of Accenture, IBM, CSC, etc.

With 100,000 employees, Infosys is surely a very big company but my point is that they are not as great as they proclaim themselves to be. The only great Indian software services company that I respect is Tata Consultancy Services. Compared to TCS, Infosys still has a lot to achieve. I know that the Infosys or rather “Infy” zealots would be abusing me after reading this but hey, truth is always bitter. Wipro is another biggie, but ever since they mulled increasing work hours due to the slowdown, they lost it.  Come on now, when the going was good Wipro did not think of reducing the number of hours per week, did they?

Anyway, recently Infosys made headlines by announcing that they are offering their employees an option of going on sabbatical to pursue “philanthropic” ambitions. During this period Infosys is going to pay their employees 50% of their salaries. A BIG BAG OF BULLSHIT. That’s what it is. The truth is, like most of the companies, Infosys is also feeling the pinch of a declining global economy. These are just steps to stem the rot. The over hyped Infosys management is at it once more. During the lull periods of 2001-2002, Infosys made offers to candidates, then deferred those and finally took the offers back!!! This from a company that prides itself for its management. The fact is Infosys is also in trouble but they cannot admit it without having their stock prices decline steeply.

Many Indian software professionals consider Infosys to be better than TCS. I never understood in what way. Compensation wise they are comparable. TCS generates more profit per quarter than Infosys. TCS has a larger global presence compared to Infosys. TCS has a wider service portfolio compared to Infosys. The most important thing of all, TCS has more projects than Infosys.

Personally, I feel Infosys should be investigated by regulators. Why  would a company that announces huge profits every quarter have to resort to cheap tactics liked forced sabbaticals? There is definitely something not right there. And yes, believe me, this so called optional sabbatical is going to be forced down the throats of many pretty soon. Can we consider this forced sabbatical as an innovative management strategy?

After so much of Obama baiting in her campaigns, Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate has finally given up on her party. She has now openly expressed her support for the Democratic ticket represented by Barrack Obama. Here’s how she expressed her support:

Apparently Palin does not know that the donkey is the symbol of the Democratic party. By wearing this neck scarf she has thus publicly pledged her support for Obama.

The Obama campaign must be thanking their stars. Not often do you get the rival vice-presidential candidate to endorse you publicly, do you?

Image source: http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/10/21/in-which-sarah-palin-displays-the-latest-in-donkey-fashion.aspx

With the economy in shambles, costs mounting and the Iraq situation nowhere near to being over, the US is in an unprecedented situation. People in the country are being forced to cough up more money to live their lives. Jobs are hard to come by with unemployment reaching new highs.

But in spite of this the current Bush administration wants to help its dear darling friend Pakistan. Pakistan is the state that offers refuge to some of the world’s most dangerous terrorists like Bin Laden. Pakistan is a country that allows dangerous underworld gang leaders like Dawood Ibrahim to stay within its boundaries and lies to the world about them. Pakistan is a country that maintains training camps for dreaded terrorists. Pakistan is the country that is thwarting US advances to capture and wipe out the Al Qaeda. Despite damning evidence, the US government still wants to help Pakistan.

This time the US government wants to help Pakistan upgrade its F-16 fleet. The premise is that it would help in the fight against terror in the borders of Afghanistan. The total cost of the upgrade is $891 million. Of this Pakistan would be paying $414 and the rest would be bourne by the US. Thats more than half the amount!!! Reportedly already around $200 million has been arranged by the US and for rest its waiting on the congress. Can US afford to do this? Shouldn’t the US invest this money into its economy?

Even after providing Pakistan with financial and millitary help through the years what has Pakistan given back? Has it helped in curbing terrorism? No. Has it helped the US in capturing the Al Qaeda? No. Has it handed over the dangerous fugitives that it harbours to the countries requesting extradition? No. So why then does the US want to help Pakistan? What is in it for the US?

Of course the money that Pakistan gets from US is used more for funding terrorism than for any other purpose. So indirectly US is actually helping the terrorists in Pakistan and terrorism on the whole.

It is a known fact for quite some time now that the United States of America are going through probably one its worst economic slowdowns ever. Add to that the rising fuel costs and the situation worsens further. Luckily in the last week or so fuel prices have gone down providing a bit of relief to the people. But is it good in the long term? I think not.

Fuel prices should stay up – around $4.2. Before everybody starts abusing me I would like to offer an alternative plan that’s going to provide benefits in the long term. I am no economist but one of the many who have been hit hard by the rising cost of fuel and the associated rise in cost of living. 

The US consumes almost 25% of the world’s gas supply. In the present situation a futuristic energy policy is much needed. What we need is more vehicles running on alternative fuel. Yes, hydrogen and batteries are all great but they are not the best that we can use. That honor goes to CNG – compressed natural gas. It is possible to run vehicles on CNG. The current engines can still be used. All we need is a conversion kit. Such kits are quite widely available. CNG has been proven to run heavy motor vehicles like buses. Check out the CNG powered public buses that ply the roads of New Delhi, India. Not only is CNG an inexpensive alternative to gasoline its also cleaner and overall better for the environment. 

Here’s what we should do. Keep the price of fuel at around $4.2 per gallon. Offer subsidized CNG conversion kits to the public. For transport companies and trucks offer gasoline at a lower price. Reduce the price of aviation fuel. 

Keeping the general price of gasoline high would force people to reduce consumption. But in order to allow them the same or greater level of mobility offer them CNG conversion kits at a subsidy. This way people would still be able to use their cars and pick-ups and that too at a very affordable price. 

Keeping the price of gasoline low for transport companies would help keep the cost of goods transportation low. This would translate into lower prices for consumers.

Reducing the price of aviation fuel will give a boost to the tourism industry as it would bring down the cost of tickets thereby encouraging more people to travel.

In effect by keeping the price of gas high for the general public the country as a whole can profit more.

Throughout the history of mankind, there have been numerous occasions when the population of a state or country has bayed for the bloods of its leaders. Sometimes they did have reasons to do so though most of the time it was a sway of emotion that caused such outbursts.

George Bush Jr has caused hundreds of American soldiers to be killed for his foolish experiment in Iraq. There is genocide happening in Darfur. Mamata Banerjee in India has caused thousands to lose their land and living leaving them on the verge of suicide.

When a leader destroys the prospect of hundreds or thousands of people, should he or she be killed?

Are political assassinations ever justified?

Tell me in your comments.

Three years of turmoil and countless agitations later Tata Motors finally pulled the plug on the Nano factory at Singur. The only one to have slept well that night must have been the leader of the Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee. 

The issue was the 1000 acres of land that the government had acquired for the Tata’s. Apparently there were some unwilling farmers who had lost their lands to this acquisition. Mamata Banerjee’s demand was to have the government return 400 acres of land from within the project area. With the government unwilling Banerjee laid siege to the factory and allegedly had her followers beat up employees on their way to work in the factory. Of course she has never admitted to it. She has even denied that some of her cronies threatened a visiting delegation of IT workers to not get entangled in the matter. This in spite of the incident taking place in front of the press.

What the hell does she think of herself? With the Tata’s pulling out what happens to the farmers now Ms Banerjee? Where are you now? With the land virtually gone (even if returned it won’t be cultivable) what would the farmers now do? To compensate the farmers who tilled 400 acres Mamata Banerjee ruined the lives of all those who had been connected to the whole 1000 acres not to mention the numerous others who had banked on the support industry that would have grown around the factory.

Mamata Banerjee is a bitch. What else can you call her? Her contribution to West Bengal, let alone India, is zilch. So in the rest of this blog Mamata Banerjee is referred to as The Bitch.

Uneducated, uncouth, crass, crude, stupid, unappealing, worthless. These are some of the terms that can be used to describe The Bitch. Trinamool Congress as a party has done nothing for the people of West Bengal. Accepted that the CPM are no saints and some might argue that they got a taste of their own medicine this time. What is the point in such reasoning? Who are the ultimate losers? The pople of Bengal.

Recent reports mentioned the local people in Singur being extremely heart-broken and distraught. They have even burnt effigies of Mamata. Why now folks? What were you doing all this time? Well the truth of the matter is that the people who were protesting with Mamata were not locals. They were Naxalites and some other groups that had no interest in the development of Singur. Why was Amar Singh there? What is his stake in West Bengal?

The central government may have played a big role in this. Ever since the no-confidence motion over the nuclear deal, all the opposition led states have been seeing bomb blasts and other disturbances. It will not suprise anybody if it comes to light that the central government supported The Bitch in her mindless antics.

Before the Tata’s pulled out The Bitch and her cronies like Partha Chatterjee and Becharam Manna were present in Singur all the time. As of the latest reports they can no longer be seen in that area.

The Bitch has not come out with a statement after the Tata pullout. Has she lost her bark? All through the crisis, whenever questioned by the media, The Bitch and her cronies never answered the question. For instance when Sourav Ganguly stated that the Nano factory will be good for Bengal, The Bitch retorted “Does Sourav know where is Singur?”. Here’s a question for you Bitch, did you know where Singur was prior to the Tata factory? For that matter did you know that there was actually a Nandigram in West Bengal before it became the centre of a bloodbath? A negative answer to these questions will not surprise anybody. What else can we expect of The Bitch?

So what’s next for The Bitch? Looks like she is already licking her paws and getting ready to obstruct the nuclear power project that is slated to come up soon. Also on her agenda are the Areotropolis and the DLF projects. Having tasted blood, The Bitch is hungry for more.

The Maharashtra government is all set to approve a proposal where live-in relationships stand to be recognized. The proposal is to bestow the status of a ‘wife’ on a woman who is involved in such a relationship. A really progressive move by the government of Maharashtra that is cognizant of the fact that Mumbai has the highest number of live-in relationships. Bangalore follows close on Mumbai’s heels.

There is an existing concept of a common law marriage wherein couples who share a live-in relationship are recognized as married couples and enjoy the same rights as traditionally married couples. The only difference is that common law marriages are never solemnised.

This move by the Maharashtra government is sure to raise a few eyebrows and ruffle a lot of feathers. But I strongly feel this would help in the long term. The Indian society ever since liberalisation has lapped up all that western culture had to offer. It was only a matter of time before this aspect of western culture creeped in. The past few years have seen a rise in the number of couples opting for live-in relationships. To most it was a matter of convenience – sort of a no strings attached arrangement. Some of those have eventually solemnised their relationship in marriage but there are still many who prefer the current arrangement.

Governtment ratification of live-in relationships would help in making it more socially accepted. This phenomenon is going to play a very important role in the societal make up of the future India. Till now there is a lot of stigma associated with it, but it seems things are about to change. Of course its not going to be an overnight process but surely with a legal approval behind it proponents of live-in relationships can look forward to a more open and accepting Indian society.

Who is Sarah Palin? This was the question on the minds of a majority of Americans when John McCain announced her as the Republican vice-presidential candidate for the upcoming US presidential elections. The McCain campaign machinery went into overdrive to establish Palin as the face of the campaign. 

Introduction of Palin in the McCain campaign injected a freshness that initially held the whole nation in sway. As time went on the charm wore off. Even though initially very impressive in her speeches, Palin committed gaffe, after gaffe, after gaffe in the subsequent days. Now it seems that she is all about winks and smiles and “darn”-s and “gosh”-s. 

Palin is a person who cannot answer a question. To her, every question appears to be a tricky one. Even ones as simple and straight forward as what magazines she reads got cryptic and twisted answers. To the questions about her choice of magazines she went on a ramble about Alaska not being a third-world state. What the….!!!

She has displayed a very disappointing command over foreign policy and her ignorance reached its peak when somehow she tried to convince that being able to see Russia from parts of Alaska was tantamount to having foreign policy experience. She has very little idea about the truth about Iraq and all she does is toe the party line on it.

Her being pro-life is really another laughable aspect. The entire concept of being pro-life or anti-abortion is somewhat related to curtailing the freedom of choice of people. In fact, during the VP debate, she appeared to be very much uncomfortable about and against the idea of same-sex marriage. Wake up Mrs Palin!!! This is the 21st century. 

During the debate she mentioned something about sitting around the kitchen table and discussing the future of her family. From the facts she is doing a pretty lousy job of looking after her family. She has a 16 year old daughter who is pregnant with the child of a 17 year old high-school hockey player and wants to get married to the boy. Is this what Mrs Palin sees as the future of her family? Or is sending off her eldest son to Iraq just after high-school qualify as future planning? Beats me.

She keeps on saying that she is a hockey mom. Ok we accept it. But why would we want a hockey mom as the VP of USA? We need is a person who has the credentials for the job and clearly Sarah Palin is not qualified. All she has to say is about her tenure as a mayor and a governor. As a mayor she commissioned a sports complex which is mired in controversy and lawsuits. As a mayor of a town of 6000 people she left the town with a budget deficit. As a governor she commissioned the failed bridge to nowhere but succeeded in building the road to nowhere. And  all this with taxpayers money. When she can’t properly manage a state with a population of 700,000 people (most of the cities in the US have more population) how can she manage the country as a VP?

Lastly, Sarah Palin talks of being a Washington outsider and she prides herself for that. But by contesting the elections isn’t she trying to be an insider? So why this fake show of pride Mrs Palin? Who are you trying to impress? 

All these facts show that Sarah Palin is nothing but a shallow, unqualified, stupid and incapable hypocrite.