Baa Baa Black Sheep – The origin of the Poem

Educational reasons for the poem “Baa, baa black sheep”poemThe reason to the words and history to this song were to associate wool and wool products with the animal that produces it, not to mention the sound that a sheep would make! The first grasp of language for a child or baby is to imitate the [...]

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I have Broad Band at my home now…..

So……, after being associated with computers for almost 2 decades and browsing for 7 years, I have at last got a Broad Band in my home……
The process was quite simple……
I registered last Feb….. and then forgot it
A couple of days ago, I got a telephone call asking me to pay the money and that the [...]

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‘I’ll never work at a call centre again!’

Taken from http://in.rediff.com/getahead/2004/nov/18ga-bpo.htm
The BPO/ITES sector is only expected to grow larger, and more profitable, over the next few years.
Most young people are eager to jump on the money-making BPO bandwagon.
But is working for a BPO all that it’s made out to be?
No, says Subhash Mukherjee (name changed on request), who recently quit his job at [...]

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Shining India’s swanky new sweatshops

Please read this article in Hindustan Times if you are planning to work for Yankees
Taken from http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1527814,0008.htm
Call centres housed in swanky glass towers may represent the new face of 21st-century India, but the labour practices they follow belong to the 19th century.
Though business process outsourcing (BPO) companies are projected as promoters of innovation, flexibility and [...]

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Private Banks employ Criminals

See how the private banks about which you shamelessly promote in your writings behave
http://rediff.com/money/2005/oct/13icici.htm
Taking strong exception to the ICICI Bank’s use of goondas against a defaulter to recover a two-wheeler financed by it, a consumer court has asked the bank to refund him the entire cost of the vehicle and Rs 20,000 as compensation.“The fact [...]

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Dr.Anbumani Ramadoss as Lancet Author

It is not surprising that Dr.Anbumani (Ramadoss is his father’s name and not surname) has written the article
The article is not a critic of his ministry, as you will think at first instance.
In fact, it stresses the need for the programmes he is implementing during his period and justifies his actions like
1. Banning Tobacco [...]

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Nationalisation of Banks

An open letter to Amit Varma for his post at http://indiauncut.blogspot.com/2005/10/kidnapping-of-india.html
Hi Mate,
Your ignorance about nationalisation of banks is blotting your articles
If not the banks were nationalised, who is going to pay my hard earned money which ONE SINGLE guy loots and announces the bank as dissolved
What is the guarantee for my money
We all know that [...]

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A hotel needs plethora of licences

The Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI), the apex body, which has circulated guidelines for setting up hotels, says a potential investor has to secure 32 licences from various Central and State Government authorities before setting up a shop.
This is after the basic building rules and procedures.
Following is the list [...]

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