In London, while declaring India's democracy to be a model for Islamic countries, External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh revealed (what's known to many since long,) that the biggest measure of its success was that no Indian was a member of terrorist group Al Qaeda.
No Indian in Al Qaeda: Natwar Singh
"Yet, not a single Indian out of our 150 million Muslims has joined the Al Qaeda. This is a fact that is not often recognised," Singh said during his keynote address to a two-day conference on "India - the next decade".
"The existing world needs to take into cognisance the aspirations and hopes of the Islamic world," he said.
"India is a good example of how this can be done through democratic and consensual means, thereby strengthening the forces of coherence and integration within societies."
Singh's speech signalled the renewal of an outward-looking foreign policy for India - one that embraced what he called the "new realities" such as economic globalisation, Islamic aspirations, global poverty, challenge of terrorism and nuclear non-proliferation.
"It seems to me, from what respectable forecasting institutions have projected, that India - together with China - is more the flavour of the century than the decade," he said.
"In the next decade we could see India position itself for greater accomplishments as the century progresses. There are no precedents for managing a democracy of 1.2 billion people," said Singh as British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who shared the stage with him, nodded vigorously.
Some wise and true words there, but there could be more to Jack Straw noddings than meets the eye. If our BPO processes continue to sell secure information for a dime a dozen, we mighty loose it all in IT lead.
Well...that's a different topic though, just came to mind when the IANA reporter observed 'vigorous noddings' of Jack Straw.
Elsewhere, I read that according to a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers report 65 per cent of the companies involved in BPO processes do not have comprehensive information security measures. Thankfully, Wipro and Godrej have tripled their information technology budgets in the last one year to implement a comprehensive security.
It's time for a CEO or CTO of a BPO to take a comprehensive check. With the chorus against outsourcing to India getting louder by the day in the West, that's one thing BPOs can ill afford to ignore.
My Random thoughts there...doesn't have to do with the original subject of the thread, I know. But can't help it...an IT guy would remain an IT guy first!! I guess!! :)
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