One Night @ The Call Center

I read One Night @ The Call Center a few months ago, when the American  

publisher sent me a review copy. Some parts were so bad, they made me  cry. I was particularly bored by the chapters detailing the protagonist’s unrequited romance, which are set off in bold type for some reason a(though the fact that they are set off in bold is actually useful — the font makes it easier to identify the chapters to skip!).

Topless Meetings are more Productive

“In this age of wireless Internet and mobile e-mail devices, having an effective meeting or working session is becoming more and more difficult. Laptops, Blackberries, Sidekicks, iPhones, and the like keep people from being fully present,” he wrote in November 2007.  ”Aside from just being rude, partial attention generally leads to partial results.”

Wanted: Indian Chefs

Finding them is increasingly difficult due to the second issue – that  of the growing demand for chefs in India itself.  

27 Billion in Remittances to India Annually

There are about 200 million migrants worldwide, supporting as many if  not more people at home. That suggests that remittances may reach almost a tenth of the world’s population. 

Nano, Jaguar, and Land Rover

There is, however, another possibility: that Ratan Tata, Tata Group’s  modest but surprisingly bold patriarch, has got himself an extraordinary deal.