A Dynamic World

"It is quite odd..", I told myself.

I never used to like the idea of indulging in any office related activity back at home - I would rather listen to a song, or play with my camera. But, things were different and I proved myself wrong when I started reading the book 'The World is flat" by Thomas L. Friedman. It draws a beautiful account of globalization, and analyzes it. Back at home, I would plunge into the book, at times even chose a page at random and would start to read from there. It has it all : The different factors of the current day globalization, excerpts from his interviews with great Indian or other brains like Nandan Nilekani, Jaythirth Rao.. and so on. Now I read on outsourcing, one of the many tributaries to Globalization.

It wasnt quite long before I began to realize with a queer sense of self-content that the book has begun to influence the way I perceive the world : When I read the newspapers, or watch my telly, my mind will immediately pick patterns of outsourcing everywhere : In the cryogenic engine of the recent GSLV F04 rocket, which is imported all the way from Russia .. or the news on Sri Lankan software Industry... I would say outsourcing is an opportunistic business approach, with all its dark and bright shades of positives and negatives. Take the case of the The bourgeoning Sri Lankan software Industry : As Indian rupee is gaining strength against dollars, (41 Rupees a dollar, 2nd Sept 2007), the Sri Lankan Rupee has plunged into an all time low of 114 S.L rupees for a dollar. That gives the hard-nosed, and 'opportunistic' buisiness minds to regard the island state as a cheaper alternartive to bangalore or hyderabad, but mind you, it might be a short term phenomenon. (The money the Sri Lankan software industry ekes out is pretty less than what Infosys churns out in a single quarter. (Source : The Hindu, Sept 2nd, 2007)) The wind of globalization blows around with unpredictable dynamics; unpredictable in its direction, but based on an almost predictable and tangible potential difference.


(Am I inpired by the news of the world's oldest blogger, a Spaniard by name Maria Amelia Lopez, who is in her 90's? May be true; May be not.)

Tailpiece :
The Russian made cryogenic engine of GSLV F04 rocket, as luck would have it, caused some snags, making the satellite a bit odd placed in its trajectory. Hence the satellite had to correct its trajectory by its own fuel, which again will cause the satellite to live a little bit lesser, than what otherwise it would have.