Personal insults to deflect attention away from a serious policy issue! What is @TVMohandasPai afraid to face? Could it be that the decades of theatric celebrity as some kind of tech guru are coming apart publicly.
From my side, I mean no personal harm towards him and have cherished many years of solid friendship in the past. I wish him well.
But friendship should not come in the way of addressing SERIOUS policy issues that impact tens of millions of youth today.
Lets discuss the policies, not personalities:
First, please differentiate between tech producers and consumers. India is largely a technology consumer nation importing tech from USA, China and others as the producers.
Producers have the power advantage. They are always 1-2 generations of technology ahead of the consumers. They decide the terms of the exchange, including outright bans, exorbitant pricing, colonization, and large-scale exploitation.
India's role on the producer side is marginal: supplying cheap labor, and low value-added derivative products mostly for domestic consumption.
In all tech revolutions, the gap between producers and consumers keeps increasing rapidly. Today, India is further behind than it was even 3-5 years ago, in the resources and capabilities required to bridge the huge gaps.
Colonizers' strategy is to corner the slaves into self-limiting frameworks. They asserted: "stick to your outsourcing, and don't get into serious R&D except as our employees". This is where Pai, other industrialists, as well as govt babus became empowered to serve as agents of the colonizers, just like the zamindars appointed by the East India Company.
India faces serious dependencies in its hard power. That requires a powerful military-industrial complex. This is becoming a NATIONAL SECURITY threat.
The WAY FORWARD: Step 1 is to allow free speech for intelligent and well-meaning critiques. (Note: I have been denied participation in recent AI and other forums in India because the gatekeepers want to curate the discourse. Hence, I decided to go public, while maintaining my good wishes and appreciation for the establishment.) Jai Hind.🙏🙏🙏
@AartiTikoo So you mean to say , Pakistanis will migrate to a Hindu Software? Interesting 🤔, par didi their Army works on Jihadi doctrine of "Iman, Taqwa, Jihad fi Sabilillah" , which they will never betray...
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@svembu Had Indian IT services companies prioritized long-term R&D over shrt-trm service/wage arbitrage, d nation's tech ecosystem wud hold a genuine, IP-driven competitive edge globally today. Bt no d individuals who advocated most for local innovation r now being treated like outcasts
@sidhshuk If i start sharing how the locals camp with their entire setup, it will take days for me to finish. The amount of smoke that the villagers generate by burning their trash on the roadside is beyond comprehension. This one sided story is not convincing.
‼️This BLEW MY MIND
this guy just figured out how come almost NO ONE around the world is having kids....
My generation didnt even have to THINK about this.
This is what happens when you let a tyrannical government take charge.
A 5-year-old boy was arrested in the UK.
I repeat. He is FIVE YEARS OLD.
America - Never, ever give up your 2nd amendment.