The US slowdown hiccup
Last June, I got a freak call from a young IT professional working in a large Indian IT firm. He was an engineer from IIT and an MBA holder, too--the best in education that you can ask for.
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Swati Prasad
Swati Prasad is a New Delhi-based freelance journalist who spent much of the mid-1990s and 2000s covering brick-and-mortar industries for some of India's leading publications. Seven years back when she took to freelancing, India was at the peak of its "outsourcing hub" glory and the world of Indian IT, telecom and Internet fascinated her. A self-proclaimed technophobic, Swati loves to report on anything that's remotely alien to her--be it cloud computing, telecom, BPOs, social media, e-government or software and hardware, and also how high-tech sectors impact the Indian economy.
Latest Posts
India's 'Do Not Call' registry farce
It's difficult to understand why any recommendation in India has to go back and forth multiple times before it finally takes the shape of a regulation.Take the National Do Not Call (NDNC) registry, as an example.
Movie DVDs for sale, in carts!
A warm welcome to Inside India and the brand new ZDNet Asia Web site.You know a hi-tech gadget has become a commodity the minute you see its price drop, and it begins to sell like potatoes and onions!
Tata Nano: Showcase of what technology can do to costs
Ratan Tata, the 70-year old chairman of the Tata Group, fulfilled yet another promise today. He unveiled India's US$2,500 car, Tata Nano.
Technology and gender equality
They say technology is a big leveller. Surely, it has made the world flat.
What does 'hack' mean?
When I received an invitation to attend the 'Yahoo Open Hack Day', I wondered what it was all about. Will they show us how to hack into Web sites?
Goodbye, marketing calls
Telemarketing calls can be quite a menace. Three years back, when I was admitted in a hospital for a C-section, I remember being woken by an overzealous telemarketing executive who wanted to sell me a credit card.
Wanted: Web content for rural India
Two days back, a close friend called to say that she plans to work on a documentary on how technology is changing the lives of rural Indians. She arm-twisted me into meeting her for lunch, before she vanishes into the remote villages of India for a few months.