The Great Ganesha

This is not new, but the NYT ran an article on outsourcing tutoring (in math, amongst other subjects) to India. This is part of the “second wave” of outsourcing: The first wave of slicing up services work and sending it abroad has been all about business operations. Computer programming, call centers, product design and back-office [...]

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Not much seems to have changed in ten years. Bombay is still pulsating and I’m loving it. For all the hype about change, the city and its people have remained the same. Sure, there are a few more people, a few more buildings and a few more cars, but on the whole, it’s still my [...]

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Picture Source It’s been over eight years since I was last home. That’s almost a decade, and quite a tumultuous one at that. But I am headed over to the ol’ homefront tonight, and shall be blogging all about it. So stay tuned. Who knows? Maybe something interesting will emerge…

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Apparently, the reason why 13-year-old SamirPatel lost out on two consecutive Spelling Bees is because he’s not in touch with his roots. Word roots, that is. In 2006, Mr. Patel lost in the seventh round thanks to just such a word, eremacausis (“gradual oxidation of organic matter from exposure to air and moisture”). The word [...]

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[Originally on Desicritics]  When I was in Seattle last week, the conference organizers were offering a cruise around the Seattle lakes and locks. I decided to check it out – take a breather from the conference chaos, and heave a sigh of relief after my talk. At first, I thought “locks” was a mis-spelling of [...]

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I’ve got to apologize for the long silence. Lots of things are happening. We just moved, I was in Seattle giving a presentation at a conference, and we’re headed to India for a month in around ten days (haven’t been home in around ten years). Anyway, just so you know – we’re hip now, because [...]

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…for the Festival of Lights. Happy Diwali/Divali/Deepavali/Dewali everyone. Saalmubarak!

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