Being in this world I see all sorts of them, eighteen year olds rushing in to join a call center for that extra bit of pocket money; that new thrill on a new bike (their parents could buy, mostly after that pay hike and arrears accumulation at forty). There is now a new meaning to career growth; it�s no longer about learning, apprenticeship under the one you always respected for his/ her professional acumen, gaining experience, something to create with your own ideas.
Step in the ring Mr. Tom Friedman, let me show you the negative backlash your whole �World in Flat� is creating on developing countries like ours.
Students leaving colleges mid way to devote more time on their call center jobs, no one�s actually bothered about what next as long as the money is good and the dude gets to meet some great chicks at work. What next for a nation of billion plus with avg. age of 24-25? We are a young nation, while most of US and UK is growing older!
But if these kids are going to drop out of colleges and join in the BPO brigade, who will go out and build our rockets, run the space programme or better still speak their opinion and vote right?
What next? Does this nation continue to employ kids and be happy about the growth of an industry which accounts for 14% of GDP, congratulate ourselves on the almost Harry Potter like creation of an industry out of thin air or rather virtual space.Don�t ask me, I don�t know, but somehow I don�t feel right!
And while we are at it, enjoy some Digital blasphemy - its art created using only digital tools, nothing natural about it; right!J
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