Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-13 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 12:46:20PM +0200, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote:

 someone still has to be at home to give them the midday meal! anyway,
 switzerland, which gave women the vote in 1974, is hardly a great
 example of policies to support equal opportunities for women.

Strange; whenever I compare what my country does with what Switzerland
does, I find they're typically doing the Right Thing(tm). Maybe we
shouldn't be too harsh on them.

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Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-12 Thread Dave Long
i didn't say expensive childcare was important, but social  
treatment of

women which may or may not involve state support. women in germany are
treated badly both by society and the state. (e.g. the tax system
favours non-working married women; the school system requires a parent
to pick up the kid for a mid day meal, so if the mother doesn't do it
she's a ravensmutter[1]).


Now, in Switzerland, the kids are expected to walk themselves back  
and forth for the mid day meal.  One sometimes sees the littlest ones  
wearing little reflective vest-like things (and there are plenty of  
signs up now warning drivers that it's almost time for the rentrée  
and to remember that small children have the right of way) but  
otherwise they're indistinguishable from everyone else going home (or  
out -- several places offer special student rates) for lunch.


-Dave




Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-11 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 12:08:05AM +0200, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote:

 eventually, market forces will result in older people becoming more

Eventually, I'm dead, and no longer care. Meanwhile, market forces
continue to approach UHV.

 employable. right now, there are too many younger people around, who are
 willing to learn and to work at lower salaries.

Too bad for those older people, I guess.
 
 the economist has been talking about this for ages. e.g. in a special
 report on the aging workforce [1]: Older workers want to retire later;
 companies fear they will soon be short of skills. Why can't the two get
 together?

Companies only optimize on a 2-5 years scale. Which is one of the
main reasons why markets blow.

 
 -rishab
 
 
 1.http://economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_VVTJDPP
 
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Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-11 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 10:38:02PM +0200, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote:
 On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 11:00 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
  Notice that France largely profits from high birth rate in the black
 
 this sounds like the mythical nonsense of neo-con eurabia. while france

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_France

As you see, the natives are way subreplacement (around 2.1). I don't
think it's sustainable. As I said, long term there will a trend reversal,
when extremely fertile subgroups autoamplify to the point where they
will become visible in the statistics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-replacement_fertility

see The American and the Israeli exception.

 does not collect figures on race and religion, assuming a 10% non-white
 population [1], and assuming that the white french population has the
 same fertility rate as white germans, the difference in ratios between
 germany's 1.39 and france's 2.0 would have to be explained by non-white
 french women having 7.5 children each, on average.

I never claimed France is Germany.
 
 for reference, german fertility by ethnicity is 1.39 for whites and 2.4
 for turks [2]. in fact, the same source notes that french-born french
 fertility (which would include some non-whites) is 1.7, compared to 2.6
 for french women born in algeria.

I believe this was my point.
 
 if you like, the link i suggested, that low fertility is a result of
 social support for women not keeping up with opportunities for women
 could be applied just to native-borns (to control for opportunities for
 women) - and you still see (in the same source) the large difference
 between germany, italy, spain on the one hand, and france, sweden,
 netherlands and england on the other.

I don't understand you. My point was that a family with two career
parents have to make enough to afford full-time child care. Formerly,
a single wage earner would have been enough. Now, two full-time career
professionals can't afford that. Since family network support has
disappeared, there is zero surprise.
 
 note that in england, and norway, unlike france, some non-white
 populations have much higher fertility - e.g. in 1996, women born in
 pakistan and bangladesh living in england had 4.9 children vs 1.7 for
 those born in england. in 1998 in norway it was 5.2 for somali-born
 women and 1.7 for native-born norwegians. this could be explained by
 these women not having the opportunities available to the native
 population.

No disagreement.
 
 btw, my argument on the relationship between social support for women's
 opportunities and fertility is hardly original. a paper from the
 wonderfully titled Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic
 Economics (CHILD) makes the same point, with lots of data [3].
 
 -rishab
 
 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_France
 2. http://paa2007.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=70869
 3. http://iserwww.essex.ac.uk/epunet/2003/docs/pdf/papers/pronzato.pdf
 
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Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-10 Thread Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 09:47 +0100, B. L. Krieger wrote:
 i guess you are right here. france for instance made a deliberate choice 
 after the second world war to recruit women to the labout force, whereas 
 germany decided for an immigration policy. however whether there is a 
 correlation is not too sure imho. the uk has reproduction rate comparable 
 to france without an expensive childcare policy.

i didn't say expensive childcare was important, but social treatment of
women which may or may not involve state support. women in germany are
treated badly both by society and the state. (e.g. the tax system
favours non-working married women; the school system requires a parent
to pick up the kid for a mid day meal, so if the mother doesn't do it
she's a ravensmutter[1]). women in britain don't get support from
childcare the way french women do, but presumably men help more with the
housework. british women also do much better professionally than in many
countries on continental europe, excluding scandinavia.

i don't really understand why the dutch have such a high fertility rate,
since while society pretends to be scandinavian it's pretty german
actually, right down to the ridiculous school timings (which supposedly
will change soon). the result is that dutch women mostly work just a
couple of days a week. they seem happy enough - a writer for the
highbrow newspaper wonders why [2], commenting on a recent book that
says dutch women don't get depressed.

otoh dutch society has always been very pro-children. simon schama
quotes [3] commentators from the 15th century noting with surprise that
dutch children are never beaten and encouraged to voice their opinion.

-rishab
1. fig. bad mother, i was looking for the detailed TIME Europe story
that came out a couple of years ago but their search is crap and i only
found this:
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/ency/blwh_germany_women.htm
2. http://www.duvekot.ca/eliane/archives/001439.html
3.
http://www.amazon.com/Embarrassment-Riches-Interpretation-Culture-Golden/dp/0679781242/ref=sr_1_1/103-2180216-6340616?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1186776681sr=8-1




Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-10 Thread Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 11:00 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
 Notice that France largely profits from high birth rate in the black

this sounds like the mythical nonsense of neo-con eurabia. while france
does not collect figures on race and religion, assuming a 10% non-white
population [1], and assuming that the white french population has the
same fertility rate as white germans, the difference in ratios between
germany's 1.39 and france's 2.0 would have to be explained by non-white
french women having 7.5 children each, on average.

for reference, german fertility by ethnicity is 1.39 for whites and 2.4
for turks [2]. in fact, the same source notes that french-born french
fertility (which would include some non-whites) is 1.7, compared to 2.6
for french women born in algeria.

if you like, the link i suggested, that low fertility is a result of
social support for women not keeping up with opportunities for women
could be applied just to native-borns (to control for opportunities for
women) - and you still see (in the same source) the large difference
between germany, italy, spain on the one hand, and france, sweden,
netherlands and england on the other.

note that in england, and norway, unlike france, some non-white
populations have much higher fertility - e.g. in 1996, women born in
pakistan and bangladesh living in england had 4.9 children vs 1.7 for
those born in england. in 1998 in norway it was 5.2 for somali-born
women and 1.7 for native-born norwegians. this could be explained by
these women not having the opportunities available to the native
population.

btw, my argument on the relationship between social support for women's
opportunities and fertility is hardly original. a paper from the
wonderfully titled Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic
Economics (CHILD) makes the same point, with lots of data [3].

-rishab

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_France
2. http://paa2007.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=70869
3. http://iserwww.essex.ac.uk/epunet/2003/docs/pdf/papers/pronzato.pdf




Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-10 Thread Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 13:24 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
 Already 50-year olds are virtually unemployable in the modern
 economy, while the official retirement age has been bumped up
 to 67 years. It will be 70 soon, so how do you feed a large
 fraction of your populace clothed, fed, and in good health?

eventually, market forces will result in older people becoming more
employable. right now, there are too many younger people around, who are
willing to learn and to work at lower salaries.

the economist has been talking about this for ages. e.g. in a special
report on the aging workforce [1]: Older workers want to retire later;
companies fear they will soon be short of skills. Why can't the two get
together?

-rishab


1.http://economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_VVTJDPP




Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-08 Thread B. L. Krieger

On Aug 7 2007, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote:


note that the highest birthrates in europe are in societies where
opportunities for women have been matched by their social treatment,
such as scandinavia and to some extent france (where state or employer
childcare is of a relatively high standard). in some of these countries,
native population birthrates are at almost replacement levels. (though
births - and upbringing of children - are often outside marriage).


i guess you are right here. france for instance made a deliberate choice 
after the second world war to recruit women to the labout force, whereas 
germany decided for an immigration policy. however whether there is a 
correlation is not too sure imho. the uk has reproduction rate comparable 
to france without an expensive childcare policy.



while these solutions are expensive, often for the taxpayer, the
alternative, of a greying society supported by a shrinking working-age
population, is much more expensive.


maybe reproduction is overrated? immigration would be by far cheaper and 
more sustainable on a global scale.


--bernhard



Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-08 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 09:47:36AM +0100, B. L. Krieger wrote:

 i guess you are right here. france for instance made a deliberate choice 
 after the second world war to recruit women to the labout force, whereas 
 germany decided for an immigration policy. however whether there is a 
 correlation is not too sure imho. the uk has reproduction rate comparable 
 to france without an expensive childcare policy.

Notice that France largely profits from high birth rate in the black
immigrants demographics. I don't think this is sustainable, and has
its own share of problems (France has a bad immigrant integration
track record; admittedly, they have a much higher influx from Algiers
Co than Germany has).
 
 while these solutions are expensive, often for the taxpayer, the
 alternative, of a greying society supported by a shrinking working-age
 population, is much more expensive.
 
 maybe reproduction is overrated? immigration would be by far cheaper and 
 more sustainable on a global scale.

Immigration is completely unsustainable. The developing countries will
be much harder hit by the birth rate reduction, because they'll be
experiencing the same effects as the old west at least one order of
magnitude quicker. Very rapid changes in birth rate will create a
hugely displaced demographics, with much more severe problems than
the old west is currently facing.

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Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-08 Thread B. L. Krieger

On Aug 8 2007, Eugen Leitl wrote:

maybe reproduction is overrated? immigration would be by far cheaper and 
more sustainable on a global scale.


Immigration is completely unsustainable. The developing countries will
be much harder hit by the birth rate reduction, because they'll be
experiencing the same effects as the old west at least one order of
magnitude quicker. Very rapid changes in birth rate will create a
hugely displaced demographics, with much more severe problems than
the old west is currently facing.


don't quite understand that. countries like india or brazil have a 
reproduction rate higher than sustainable for these countries. whereas in 
europe half the population will soon be older than 60, in india more than 
half of the population will be younger than 20. so why not let more people 
immigrate to the old, grey west? i am of course aware that this might cause 
changes in both societies. but changes of some sort will be unavoidable 
anyway.


--bernhard



Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-08 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 10:36:06AM +0100, B. L. Krieger wrote:

 don't quite understand that. countries like india or brazil have a 
 reproduction rate higher than sustainable for these countries. whereas in 

For time being (are you sure about Brazil?). 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-replacement_fertility

Elsewhere the birth rate is plummeting fast. 
While still above replacement (some 2.1...2.3 children/couple),
the key is the rapidity of the change.  

 europe half the population will soon be older than 60, in india more than 
 half of the population will be younger than 20. so why not let more people 
 immigrate to the old, grey west? i am of course aware that this might cause 

The old grey west would just love it. But it would be an ill service
to the countries, because the birth rate *will* plummet.

Long-term, the birth rate will pick up again, because there are subpopulations
with a very high fertility, though the total is stagnating. So below-replacement
fertility is likely a transient phase.

 changes in both societies. but changes of some sort will be unavoidable 
 anyway.

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Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-08 Thread B. L. Krieger

On Aug 8 2007, Eugen Leitl wrote:

For time being (are you sure about Brazil?). 


thought that i have read that somewhere though the cia factbook states 1.88 
for brazil.


https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2127rank.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-replacement_fertility


interesting link indeed. 

Elsewhere the birth rate is plummeting fast. 
While still above replacement (some 2.1...2.3 children/couple),

the key is the rapidity of the change.


true, but still till these effects stop worldwide population growth new 
factors will arise (continous age increase, alternative methods of 
reproduction, etc.). policies would best aim for a slowing down of the 
human world population. if at some point we end up having 'only' five 
billion people living around here it would not be that bad after all. also 
we might find ouselves still contributing to the world economy at the age 
of 80.





Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-08 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 12:13:16PM +0100, B. L. Krieger wrote:

 the key is the rapidity of the change.
 
 true, but still till these effects stop worldwide population growth new 
 factors will arise (continous age increase, alternative methods of 

It is not obvious SENS is going to work. It is also questionable
that primate biology can keep a person a century in the workplace.
Already 50-year olds are virtually unemployable in the modern
economy, while the official retirement age has been bumped up
to 67 years. It will be 70 soon, so how do you feed a large
fraction of your populace clothed, fed, and in good health?
The health cost explosion is not sustainable. Socities are already
cutting corners in health care, and soon this will become
massive. The result is a two-tier society, with a minimal level
of health care (somewhat below of that today) and virtually
unlimited health care for Richistan citizens.

 reproduction, etc.). policies would best aim for a slowing down of the 
 human world population. if at some point we end up having 'only' five 

Slowing down is good. Just not within 20-30 years. That will make most
of the developing world run into terrible problems, if you imagine
a pyramid suddenly collapsing to a christmas tree, and moving
upwards.

 billion people living around here it would not be that bad after all. also 
 we might find ouselves still contributing to the world economy at the age 
 of 80.

How? I'm 41, in good health, taking health supplements, and in
IT that's dinosaur age. Should I lose my current job I will have trouble
finding another, especially one I can feed my family with.
How young people today are supposed to finance a house and build
a family when starting from scratch is beyond me. For most it will
remain a dream.

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Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-08 Thread Radhika, Y.
Bernhard, on a light note upon being told of the Austrian right wing
politician Haider, whose slogan was Kinder nicht Inder referring to the need
for Kids not Indians, I responded that on the contrary it should be Inder
then definitely Kinder! I was joking...immigration from INdia with a large
population may not adversely affected the country of origin but immigration
from a country like Ethiopia with a smaller population might be bad for
them. Venezuela is a really good example-huge brain drain of professionals
and in a country of only 20 million that is a problem. Their birth rate is
average but then again it is the poor who have more children.

Eugen's point about how people in IT are going to manage to keep their jobs
and finance their dreams is interesting. Is the scale of the dream something
to consider?
08 Aug 2007 09:47:36 +0100, B. L. Krieger [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 On Aug 7 2007, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote:

 note that the highest birthrates in europe are in societies where
 opportunities for women have been matched by their social treatment,
 such as scandinavia and to some extent france (where state or employer
 childcare is of a relatively high standard). in some of these countries,
 native population birthrates are at almost replacement levels. (though
 births - and upbringing of children - are often outside marriage).

 i guess you are right here. france for instance made a deliberate choice
 after the second world war to recruit women to the labout force, whereas
 germany decided for an immigration policy. however whether there is a
 correlation is not too sure imho. the uk has reproduction rate comparable
 to france without an expensive childcare policy.

 while these solutions are expensive, often for the taxpayer, the
 alternative, of a greying society supported by a shrinking working-age
 population, is much more expensive.

 maybe reproduction is overrated? immigration would be by far cheaper and
 more sustainable on a global scale.

 --bernhard




Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-08 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 07:24:53AM -0700, Radhika, Y. wrote:

 Bernhard, on a light note upon being told of the Austrian right wing
 politician Haider, whose slogan was Kinder nicht Inder referring to the need

That slogan is still very much alive in Germany. There's a considerable
misconception hereabouts about capabilities of immigrant experts, and the 
attractivity of e.g. Germany especially for top talent. Germany is becoming
a low-wage country (at least relatively to its EU neighbours). 

 for Kids not Indians, I responded that on the contrary it should be Inder
 then definitely Kinder! I was joking...immigration from INdia with a large
 population may not adversely affected the country of origin but immigration

Do not underestimate the importance of high-sigma folks for overall
productivity. Brain drain in Germany has been considerable for a couple
of decades. 

 from a country like Ethiopia with a smaller population might be bad for
 them. Venezuela is a really good example-huge brain drain of professionals
 and in a country of only 20 million that is a problem. Their birth rate is
 average but then again it is the poor who have more children.
 
 Eugen's point about how people in IT are going to manage to keep their jobs

It's not just the IT. 

 and finance their dreams is interesting. Is the scale of the dream something

I never thought that being able to afford children is financing a dream.
It's been pretty tough for my generation, but for a low-income young
professional it's arguably impossible, especially if single-parent.
Social support networks have largely gone away.

 to consider?

I'm 41 years old, and have a 9-month old kid. My wife is currently
working part time. We're lucky to have the in-laws next door, so
we do have some hours off, and we're paying almost no rent. We're
hardly breaking even, with one young child. We'd like to have another,
but not on this salary. 

I can't imagine how a hair-cutter, or a business clerk manage.
If single-parent, they exist below the poverty line.

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Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-07 Thread Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 09:09 +0530, shiv sastry wrote:
 But, as Eugen has pointed out, birth rates have fallen in such societies for 
 various reasons. I am guessing that birth rates will fall among the subset of 
 Indians who belong to the IT sector but continue to remain high among others.

note that the highest birthrates in europe are in societies where
opportunities for women have been matched by their social treatment,
such as scandinavia and to some extent france (where state or employer
childcare is of a relatively high standard). in some of these countries,
native population birthrates are at almost replacement levels. (though
births - and upbringing of children - are often outside marriage).

low birthrates are common in societies where opportunities for women
have improved (somewhat) but not (enough) their social treatment, such
as germany or family-values spain and italy (which has europe's lowest
birth rate).

this applies globally - japan, with women needing to (and able to, sort
of) have jobs but expected to mother their husbands and do everything at
home, has one of the lowest birthrates in the world.

the economist had a cover last week on policies to improve birthrates,
which essentially favoured the scandinavian (or french) model of
ensuring the availability of childcare and other measures to ensure that
children get looked after without women having to bear a
disproportionate share of the burden of doing so (e.g. norway has an
extremely generous paid maternity leave, but also an extended mandatory
paternity leave).

while these solutions are expensive, often for the taxpayer, the
alternative, of a greying society supported by a shrinking working-age
population, is much more expensive.

india is far away from this, partly due to the lack of success of family
planning relative to china's mandatory policies, india will be a young
country well into the next century while china turns grey.

-rishab




Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-06 Thread Radhika, Y.
2007/8/5, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
 On Monday 06 Aug 2007 2:06 am, Radhika, Y. wrote:
  We Indians are highly goal focused rather
  than process oreinted-I suspect that old fashioned contempt for dating also
  has to do with intolerance for ambiguity and low risk tolerance ather than
  mere morality

 Control of male and female sexuality is important for the preservation of
 family wealth. When wealth becomes relatively assured, such control of
 sexuality becomes redundant.

 But, as Eugen has pointed out, birth rates have fallen in such societies for
 various reasons. I am guessing that birth rates will fall among the subset of
 Indians who belong to the IT sector but continue to remain high among others.

 In other words, the IT sector is likely to become synonymous with long hours,
 high salary, no family - unless something changes.

 shiv





Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-06 Thread Radhika, Y.
I agree that ensuring family wealth is a big factor in societies
keeping . And here I am speculating but I see the mergence of both a
narrowing and a broadening of the term family. Being outside the IT
world but having spent many an afternoon eavesdropping on IT
professionals on Brigade Road while living in Bangalore in 2005, I
observed that on the one hand there is the large IT family, where many
people understand the stresses as well as the opportunities so within
the peer group it is acceptabe to have an out such as divorce or a
midlife crisis. At the same time, the family has come to mean a
smaller and smaller unit, until it is down to the individual. This is
not to say that marriage is not an institution worth preserving. in
the old days, a marriage might have been the merging of two
identities, but to day it is more like a Venn diagram representing
intersection!

All of this is only serving to make me nostalgic for the great 70s
film, Kramer vs. Kramer...



2007/8/5, Radhika, Y. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
 2007/8/5, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
  On Monday 06 Aug 2007 2:06 am, Radhika, Y. wrote:
   We Indians are highly goal focused rather
   than process oreinted-I suspect that old fashioned contempt for dating 
   also
   has to do with intolerance for ambiguity and low risk tolerance ather than
   mere morality
 
  Control of male and female sexuality is important for the preservation of
  family wealth. When wealth becomes relatively assured, such control of
  sexuality becomes redundant.
 
  But, as Eugen has pointed out, birth rates have fallen in such societies for
  various reasons. I am guessing that birth rates will fall among the subset 
  of
  Indians who belong to the IT sector but continue to remain high among 
  others.
 
  In other words, the IT sector is likely to become synonymous with long 
  hours,
  high salary, no family - unless something changes.
 
  shiv
 
 




Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The risingdivorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-05 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 8/6/2007 8:32 AM, shiv sastry wrote:
 Homer goes to India
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_P_BpGncKQ

 shiv
 
 Whooops - sorry wrong cartoon
 This one
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9_iQim8Mtw
 

Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore.  yup .. good one that.