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We have seen a massive surge in call centre jobs in India in the recent years and the pace of increase in jobs is on the rise with more and more companies kicking out thier staff in thier respective countries and hiring more and more people here in India.

Most people in western countries have an impression that they are loosing out a lot of jobs to India and it is harming thier economy as a whole but as I have completed my graduation in economics honours I know whats the catch here and I really pity those idiots who moan about jobs going to India as they need some more schooling in my opinion.I will not go into the details of why is it not bad for them as I want them to rot with this feeling for ever and let them blame some one else for thier own inability to rise in life.

The stupid thing going on about racism in big brother really pisses me off some times..

I have lived in Canada,USA and UK and have met with all sorts of people from different background and have been a victim of racism at a few occasions aswell but to be very honest I really pity those white people who have this black brown and white thing in their heads coz the only people I have found to be racist are those who don’t do well in society and are themselves a burden on the society and on the other hand I have met people who are doing very well but are still racist and the reason I could make out was their insecurity and their inability to overtake their coloured counterparts and that’s what makes them look for things which they can talk about or act according to which makes them feel superior to them which is just an illusion they live with and nothing more.

Racism exists in India aswell and I find people in India more racist then anywhere else on earth and the roots are very deep and I can see this thing which some people call reverse racism crop up very soon with India becoming a heavy weight super power in the next 20 years there will be no place to hide for the ostriches who call themselves superior based on the colour of their skin as India is destined to rise above all other countries and is bound to become the second largest economy in 2050 after china.

An average Joe in UK will be making 50% less money as compared to and average person in India in 30-40 years and I would love to live to see this happen and the funniest part I am really looking forward to is people queuing in front of Indian embassy in London to get a work permit so they can come and work in India the country they ruled for 200 years and they will be coming here to find menial jobs which an India will not be willing to do.

India will walk away from a civilian nuclear deal with the United States if New Delhi’s concerns are not allayed, its envoy said yesterday.

It was critical the deal allowed India to reprocess spent US nuclear fuel and did not stop it conducting nuclear tests, Shyam Saran, India’s special envoy to the negotiations, said.

“This process will have to continue and there are certain very important issues which would have to be addressed and these are difficult issues,” Saran said in a speech to diplomats and strategic affairs experts.

“Can we walk away from this deal if it does not correspond to our national interest? Obviously we have to walk away from this and we will walk away from it.”

President George W Bush last month signed into law a bill approved by Congress allowing the deal to go through, a major step towards letting India buy US nuclear reactors and fuel for the first time in 30 years.

But Congress attached several conditions to the law which have not gone down well with New Delhi, and the two countries have returned to negotiations.

Under the bill, the US president would be required to end the export of nuclear materials if India tests another nuclear device. It tested one in 1998. It also does not guarantee uninterrupted fuel supplies for reactors and prevents India from reprocessing spent fuel.

Saran said these conditions were not acceptable to India and this had been conveyed to the US.

“Reprocessing of spent fuel will be very important, very critical. Without that it may be very difficult for us to take this forward,” he said.

“While we are prepared to maintain a unilateral moratorium on fresh testing, we are not prepared to convert a policy commitment into a legal commitment,” he said, referring to India’s voluntary decision not to conduct nuclear tests.

Indian communists, who shore up the coalition government, and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party say the deal’s provisions are an attempt by the US to stifle India’s nuclear programme.

The deal has also been unpopular with the US non-proliferation lobby which says Washington is undermining efforts to curb the spread of nuclear arms. India has not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Saran said he remained confident the two countries could still manage to conclude a deal.

“We have dealt with very difficult issues in the past and we have dealt with them very successfully. The mindset on both sides is of problem-solving rather than taking very rigid positions.”

The deal must be approved by the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, the International Atomic Energy Agency and again by the US Congress before nuclear trade can start.

The deal is regarded as the most important symbol of a new friendship between India and the United States. It was agreed in principle in 2005 and went through 18 months of tough negotiations before it was approved by Congress.

A prominent US senator met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday in an effort to allay concerns that a new joint nuclear pact could put New Delhi at odds with Iran.

Senator Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, said he urged Singh to move ahead with the deal because it would benefit both India and the US.

New Delhi is concerned about a non-binding clause, inserted by the US Congress, that directs the White House to determine whether India is co-operating with Washington’s efforts to confront Iran about its nuclear programme.

Under the deal, the United States agreed to supply the Indian power industry with fuel and technology, reversing 30 years of US atomic policy.

In exchange, India has agreed to place 14 civilian nuclear plants under international inspections. Eight military plants would remain off-limits.

There are fears that the deal could limit India’s right to reprocess spent atomic fuel and employ other sensitive nuclear technologies.

Specter, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said “the United States will be flexible in negotiations” on the agreement.

Government of India has long had a good relationship with Iran and its not a new thing for India to be supporting Iran for things which the whole world condemns Iran for and it goes to the days of Communist Russia when the cold war was on full swing and Russia was supporting anything and everything which said anything anti American and Iran as we all know has long been one of the anti US countries and hates Israel to bits. Iran with a nuclear toy would bring a new dimension to the middle eastern regional politics and that would be a time when I wont mind India being friends with Iran but now as we all know Iran  does not have nuclear warheads and India by supporting Iran is poking a knife in its own eye. Whats wrong with being diplomatic? Fuck iran if they arent as powerful as the US and other eastern European countries why mess around with them for a weak allie (don’t throw up just coz you are not used to straight talk ha ha ha I got nothing to worry about when I say all this as I live in a free country when every one is respected has a right to say what they have to say) India is so bent on getting that gas pipe line up and running which is going to run through Pakistan (where political will is nonexistent and populist measures make or break governments) which is a recipe for disaster. A major source of energy running thorough Pakistani soil? NOOOOOOOO it would be so stupid to do that and give Pakistan our artries which supply us with precious natural gas. Pakistani govt may realise the political implication of messing around with that pipline but they cannot provide 24/7 security for a pipline which will run through the remotest of areas and it would be vunrable to terrorist attack (ask yourself a question Where does Dawood live?) Dawood who as per intelegence sources lives in Pakistan and has a full backing by the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI and has a capability of striking in India as and when he likes, Hope you havent forgotten the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Bombay or Mumbai if you like.

  I personally think that this investment is a complete  waste of the Indian Tax payers money and poses a threat to our pride as we will be down on our knees as and when Pakistan threats to stop the pipeline from running any longer.

  Any other reasons for having good relations with Iran? Well yes US sanctions have left Iranian economy crippled to an extent and it just pounces upon any oppurtinity for profitable trade and there we go India is there to help. I agree that India gans aswell but  does it gain more then what it would if US sanctions are lifted from India ? I don’t think so. There are still so many sanctions US has on India and staying away from Iran would only help Indo US relations and better Indo US relations if you don’t know will bring lots of goodies for India and the standard of lifewe live in India will be a thing of the past soon with the trade opportunities US open trade would bring if and when that happens.

   Hope our UPA govt wakes up tomorrow and calls the Iranian head of state an idiot in an official statement J that will be an instant boost in Indo US trade.

  Yea I would take all my words back when and if Iran gets its nuclear warheads But that seems to be a distant reality so why waste time mending a sinking ship ? To hell with Iran. US rocks and I love American people and I think they are the most lively and friendly people I have ever met. I  lived in New Jersey for a year and I would love to go back and live there for ever if I get a chance.

Please do leave your comments about the Iranian connection I would love to ehar from you all.