Since introductions seem to be the flavor of the moment, here goes. I 've been on silk for about a year, i think. I was on the evolt.org chat list, and one day Madhu sent a link to a thread on this list, dont remember what it was about, but it was certainly interesting. after that I signed into the silk list.
i am originally from Madras (and before that from Pune, Calcutta, Tinsukia, New Delhi etc... my dad was in the army). about 7 years back, I shifted myself to Kenya, where I 've been ever since. I am a technology consultant specially focused upon the sub-saharan Africa region that includes: kenya, uganda, tanzania, ethiopia , rwanda and burundi. At one time i used to deal with congo, but they tend not to pay with currency, so i had to drop that. in this region there are no specialized software companies, call centers, development houses etc... but people still want software, customized applications, websites, services and so on. generally its the governments, the NGOs and the aid agencies, or big shady corporations who have money to spend - and so i basically chase the money. i also tried my hand at a couple of other things on the side,like for e.g. importing toilet paper from egypt and selling it her, but it was a dirty business, so i quit. i like drinking beer, reading, travelling (not neccessarily in that order) apart from work. at the moment i am reading the book of mormon, because one of their missionaries (and we get plennnnty of them types here) left a free copy at my doorstep. if any silk-lister is anytime in this part of the world, i promise to buy them beer - and if you are decent enough, i have a spare room in my house. i blog intermittently at http://www.unganisha.org.
