Lau Slingshot

Yupping It Up

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February 3rd 2007
There's a buzz in Bangalore - no, not the high-pitched one emitted from the too numerous autorickshaws but from the many besuited men and women who are the backbone of the global tech/financial firms that have outsourced their operations to India. Now, I'm not sure what the work conditions are like and I know for certain they are being paid a hell of a lot less than their counterparts in Europe, b ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more