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What if India had Liberalized Sooner?
Historical “what-if’s” are notoriously difficult to prove but also notoriously delicious to discuss. Would WWII have happened if Hitler had been killed in the trenches of WWI? [W]ith earlier reform,...
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When History Fell In India
While on the topic of why India didn’t liberalize sooner, an article posted to the SM’s News column points at one important factor. In his “Letter from India” column in the NYT, Akash Kapur reflects on...
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India’s Ailing Manufacturing Sector & Unions
The WSJ has a sobering article on the state of the manufacturing & labor relations in India – COIMBATORE, India — This ancient city has turned itself in recent years into a manufacturing dynamo...
View ArticleSuomi-Bhangra
Sometimes, you really do just have to watch the video. Mutineers, I now present you… Finnish Bhangra – My take? I love it. Like Absolut Mulit (full video here), it represents an incredibly perceptive...
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“Outsourced”– Something to Look Forward To?
After much fanfare, NBC debuts a new fall comedy tonight with a decidedly Desi theme – Outsourced. Here in the Bay Area, it’s on NBC @ 9:30pm. The show’s premise? Now, for most mutineers who grew up in...
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Outsourced…. It was OK
DVR’d Outsourced and watched it this afternoon and…. I guess I mostly agree with the New York Times. The show wasn’t as bad as it could have been. I was certainly expecting a much less flattering...
View Article“Bangalore instead of Burbank”
It’s an election year and it appears yet again that few things trigger the emotional tripwire faster than outsourcing. Out here in Cali, it’s apparently the ticket Barbara Boxer is banking on to...
View Article~1 in 5 Indian Families…
…receive some sort of state assistance / welfare today. That surprisingly high number (well, to me anyway) is from a recently published report by the Center for Immigration Studies that’s sure to...
View Article>1 Billion People…
… are hungry. So notes a widely cited piece by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo in Foreign Policy. But is it really true? Are there really more than a billion people going to bed hungry each night?...
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Last SF Meetup – Sat Mar 31, 2:30pm-6:30pm (& thanks!)
Hello Mutineers. Long time no chat. But before the sentimentality, some important business – the last ever San Francisco Bay Area Meetup is tomorrow Where: UPDATED LOCATION: The Liberties in the...
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