As little kids we had been studying in our history classes that we were once ruled over by Britishers who exploited us to 'their' best and we were resorted to the extreme form of slavery until the independence freed us from the shackles of slavery and now we have an independent identity and claim ourselves to be a democratic nation. It feels nice and relieved to see our present situation. But unfortunately, this sigh of relief is limited only to the books and that we are still slaves.
My perspective may be quite limited in scope but still its quite significant. We know the fact why work is outsourced to India-because getting the work done is cheaper out here as compared to paying their people for the same work. Lets switch over to IT industry. As a non-IT you would be enticed to the air-conditioned offices, fat pay cheques, sophisticated lifestyle but the story inside those well lit offices might be specious. For every amount of work, the client (people for whom we work) negotiate to hell keeping the no of man-days to barest minimum. We, as Indians, cannot justify the decided man-days because we want work, our salary depends on them, we want a good relationship so that in future work continues to flow in and hence end up deciding strict deadlines for ourselves. As a result, overtime becomes perfunctory and we forget our social life, friends, families- i mean everything. I just wana ask if this is not slavery-what other name would you want to give. To me, India is still the same. We are a kind of still dependent on west for our better future. Infact, sometimes they decide our future. We cannot fight because we are helpless. If there was a sub-prime crisis, why did our stock markets crash? Doesn't it project that there is still a connection. If yes, then how would you define 'Independence'?
To me, it seems that the meaning of the very word just got redefined.
My perspective may be quite limited in scope but still its quite significant. We know the fact why work is outsourced to India-because getting the work done is cheaper out here as compared to paying their people for the same work. Lets switch over to IT industry. As a non-IT you would be enticed to the air-conditioned offices, fat pay cheques, sophisticated lifestyle but the story inside those well lit offices might be specious. For every amount of work, the client (people for whom we work) negotiate to hell keeping the no of man-days to barest minimum. We, as Indians, cannot justify the decided man-days because we want work, our salary depends on them, we want a good relationship so that in future work continues to flow in and hence end up deciding strict deadlines for ourselves. As a result, overtime becomes perfunctory and we forget our social life, friends, families- i mean everything. I just wana ask if this is not slavery-what other name would you want to give. To me, India is still the same. We are a kind of still dependent on west for our better future. Infact, sometimes they decide our future. We cannot fight because we are helpless. If there was a sub-prime crisis, why did our stock markets crash? Doesn't it project that there is still a connection. If yes, then how would you define 'Independence'?
To me, it seems that the meaning of the very word just got redefined.
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