My good friend who goes by the moniker of Vaingluory, at least on my travel blog, messaged me drawing attention to this story . The opinion piece from a headhunter is titled 'Expect 100,000 to 200,000 Jobs to be Lost Every Year For The Next Three Years' .
There is a lot of hyperbole in this - I don't think India is going to lose jobs at that rate. Certainly not from the IT industry...
Sunday, 23 July 2017
Saturday, 15 July 2017
Beggars in Nigeria will start paying tax !
So says the Finance Minister of Nigeria. Beggars will have to pay taxes. Apparently some beggars are earning millions in Nigeria. Perhaps its fair enough that Mrs Adeosun , the Finance Minster said “proceeds from begging are taxable. You are supposed to pay taxes even if your means of income...
Thursday, 13 July 2017
Right problem ; Wrong solution
The extreme left , as this blogger is wont to repeat ad nauseam, is as bad as the extreme right. The champions of the hard left - Bernie Sanders in the US and Jeremy Corbyn in the UK have one policy in common that is a good example of this. Free college for everybody.
They also have another thing in common which is often the case with the left's policies. Right problem. Wrong solution.
First...
Monday, 10 July 2017
The pox on Ramamritham (for the nth time)
Regular readers of this blog know that this blogger rather likes railing against Ramamritham. Ever so often, there has to be a post yelling at this cursed individual.
This time it is on the Department of telecom (DoT) which is a pesky nuisance that purports to regulate every aspect of ...
Saturday, 8 July 2017
Turn the world vegetarian
Humans love eating meat. Vegetarians and vegans (this blogger is a vegetarian) don't stand a chance. In quite a few countries in the world, you simply have to starve if you are a vegetarian. In many others, your only ordering choice in a restaurant is likely to be an apology of a salad,...
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