Thursday, January 29, 2009

BPO IN NELLAI
1.Today morning, when I was walking along the Marina Beach with my wife, I was thrust a free tabloid "Jolly Times" like every Sunday. What caught my attention was an article on "Globalization has widened the divide between the haves and have nots". Thuglak editor Cho

2rightly said in the 38th Anniversary meeting that newspaper editors took it upon themselves the role of evangelists for Communism and they felt justified in their role only then. This is another example of the Communist rhetoric of blaming it on globalization. If the divide has widened, it is not because of any "ism" or "zation". It is our corrupt politicians and authorities who have ensured that the gap widens. The recently introduced PMRY (the Prime Minister's Rojgar Yojana) is an example. An article in the Hindu talks about how it has ensured a specific number of days of work and
3.On the contrary, globalization has resulted in creation of 2 million odd jobs in the IT industry alone within a decade or two. Leave alone automobile or textile industries. Two million jobs!!! Even during their "glorious" days, the banking industry had just 1 million workers. Probably the

4.only bigger segment is the Railways and the Government sector. Why blame globalization for the sheer ineptitude of government and politicians? Is it a punching pad?