The Myth of the Indian Programmer

Do you know what an Indian software engineer does for a living? T. Surendar finds uncomfortable answers in this Times of India article.

They are the poster boys of matrimonial classifieds. They are paid handsomely, perceived to be intelligent and travel abroad frequently. Single-handedly, they brought purpose to the otherwise sleepy city of Bangalore. Indian software engineers are today the face of a third-world rebellion. But what exactly do they do? That’s a disturbing question.

Friends of India Redux

As alluded to in an earlier post, the Friends of India is a congressional caucus designed to further the needs of Indian businesses at the expense of citizen and resident workers here. The chief troublemaker is our own Sen. John Cornyn. His main assistant is... (drum roll)... Hillary Clinton. That's right, this is not a Republican vs Democrat issue. All politicians are equally for sale. Clinton is the co-chair. There are other notables too - Kennedy and Lieberman come to mind. In fact, many members of the Senate are falling all over themselves to help Indian businesses displace workers here.

For the "official," "sanitized" description of the caucus, see http://www.usindiafriendship.net/congress1/senatecaucus/senatecaucus.htm. For a more realistic point-of-view, see http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/Archive/Hillary5.txt.