--- On Wed, 13/5/09, Kiran K Karthikeyan <kiran.karthike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Kiran K Karthikeyan <kiran.karthike...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [silk] Imperialistic countries
> To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
> Date: Wednesday, 13 May, 2009, 5:08 PM
> > <hoping that the other Kiran
> is somewhere far away>
>
>
> Why? Now I'm intrigued :)
NEVER MIND.
>
> I don't think so. It's to do with accountability.
> >
> > We don't mean what we say in India. It isn't that the
> pizza guy was being
> > difficult. More likely, there was no process in place
> to cope with delayed
> > delivery.
>
>
> I doubt this. Dominoes, Pizza Hut, etc. I'm sure have this
> as part of their
> standard operating procedure all over the world (though I
> have personally
> had pizza delivered only in two countries, what a shame!).
> Now either the
> delivery guy did not have that as part of his training
> (which begs the
> question why, is it because we Indians have this
> attitude?), or they almost
> never have a customer refusing to pay and this was a
> genuine surprise.
> Either way, my point is made.
Your point, mine, who cares? The point that really is made is that this is not
a rule to be implemented, it's a rule to tick off for your ISO9000
certification.
> Not in academics. Our curricula are impressive, not
> intended to be
> > implemented.
>
>
> Yes, they are. But it doesn't make sense to me why somebody
> has to learn the
> theory of relativity and rigid body physics in 11th
> standard. Even if taught
> correctly in all CBSE schools (which have these subjects in
> their
> curriculum, and which I followed all through my schools
> years in India), I
> doubt all those who graduate would understand these
> subjects correctly.
>
> And the fact that they are a government body means that
> they have to ensure
> a certain percentage passes. But then lets not talk
> politics...
>
> We need to slap this down to correct things. The sooner the
> better. It was a
> > good start to turn the guy away for being late.
>
>
> Precisely what I'm advocating. We need to demand it,
> because I'm sure
> considering what we pay, we should get it.
>
> Kiran
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