Hi all,A Excerpts from an article by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta published in Interpress Service News Agency web site: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34429
Excerpts: "The spread of IT across urban India is creating its own set of concerns. Indians adopt American names and learn to add a twang to their speech while working at call centres. At least one novel has been written about how lifestyles of young Indians who work in such organizations have changed dramatically, while a film has been released with the apt title of 'American Daylight' -- a reference to the fact that the roughly twelve-hour time difference between India and the U.S. makes it necessary for call centre employees to stay up through the night. Since youth quickly imbibe new technology and roughly two-thirds of the Indian population is below the age of 30, most IT companies perceive this fact as a major source of competitive advantage. "The real challenge is to blend the impatience and the enthusiasm of the youth with experience and wisdom of the greying," says Gupta." Read the Full article at: Cyber Coolies Bridge Digital Divide <http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34429> Jay -- Jay Bhatt Information Services Consultant (Engineering) Hagerty Library, Drexel University TEL 215-895-1873 AOL IM jaybhatt59 YAHOO IM jay_bhatt_98 FAX 215-895-2070 EMAIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Engineering Resources Blog: http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/englibrary/ Jay's Information Initiatives in India community on the Digital Divide Network http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/InformationIndia Jay's blog on the Digital Divide Network http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/jaybhatt Jay's Journal on LISNews http://www.lisnews.org/~Jay/journal Jay's submissions on LISNews http://www.lisnews.org/~Jay _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
