On 8/16/06, sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Infosys was one of the companies that argued against military action after the Indian parliament was attacked in 2002.
It is obvious why Infosys would do that. It affects their business. There are hard $$$ behind that move and no pacifist motive as Infy PR would have you believe.
If you look at silk-list archives - you will find that we have already had more exchanges trying to prove that no threat existed to airlines than the total number of messages posted about the Mumbai bomb blasts that killed 200 plus people last month. To me that is an indicator of the priorities and mindest of the average educated Indian.
The airline security is just security theatre as Bruce Schneier calls it. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/terrorism_secur.html Also it comes in right time for this. BBC - [Police decryption powers 'flawed'] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4794383.stm
If there is terror in India we don't notice. If terror is alleged in the West we end up blaming Bush and Blair. What is it with Indians?
Indians have a way of working around difficulties. Otherwise known as 'Jugad' in the north or the 'Chalta hai' attitude in Mumbai or the 'Swalpa Adjust Maadi' attitude of Bangalore. History supports this. I read this quote on a website and it sums up the American foreign policy. "Be nice to America or we will bring democracy to your country." :-) -- Vinayak
