Reverse Brain Drain I had come to the US reading books like Whats so great about america .. In this book, D'Souza trumpets the science, democracy and capitalism that he believes have led the West to global supremacy. This was then..

Now I just read this article by Thomas L. Friedman from The New York Times .. who has written widely read and appreciated books like Latitudes and Attitudes , From Beirut to Jerusalem and Lexus and Olive Tree .. and this is exactly how I feel about whats hapnenning in the US right know.. I couldnt have put it better..

"Other executives complained bitterly that the Department of Homeland Security is making it so hard for legitimate foreigners to get visas to study or work in America that many have given up the age-old dream of coming to our shores. Instead, they are opting to study in England, Western Europe and even China. This is leading to a two-fold disaster.

First, one of America’s greatest assets—its ability to skim the cream off the first-round intellectual draft choices from around the world and bring them to our shores to innovate—will be diminished, and that in turn will shrink our talent pool. And second, we could lose a whole generation of foreigners who would normally come here to study, and then would take American ideas and American relationships back home. In a decade we will feel that loss in America’s standing around the world. "
Read the full article here


Boht Infosys and Wipro have joined TCS to become billion dollar IT juggernauts... Hoorah ! .. I was in TCS once upon a time and many of my friends have worked or are still working at these companies. So in some very miniscule way I feel happy about their achievements.. Google gave a 1000$ to each of its employees at Christmas ..oho big deal ..so did Infosys ..
Yes a 1000$ which is probably worth like 10000$ if purchasing power is taken into account , to each of its 25000 employees !
So while corporate America still has what is called a "jobless" recovery , in India its quite the opposite ..
Infosys is hiring BIG TIME,
and wonders of wonders so is AMD
I almost feel like what Pandit Nehru said on the eve of Independence is coming true now ..
"Long Years ago we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge ...
A moment comes but rarely in history when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation,long suppressed, finds utterance... "

Ofcourse 25% of India is still under the poverty line , infrastructure is woefully inadequate.. but its a start ...  ¶ permalink