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The word is quite common in India. Here's a summary: Hawala transfers are mostly done by the underworld people (read gangsters, mafia, mob etc.) The most common application of hawa…

I'd rather go be a Somalian pirate or something like that. I read somewhere that the conditions in Somalia are so bad that becoming a pirate is the most sought after career option …

That's exactly what happens. The "travel agencies" that give this false information are like scouts, they constantly hunt for poor people who will fall for this. It is common sight…

I use it on linux too and know way too many people who use it on Macs. I agree, its not quite right to limit it to Windows.

Adding to the urban ledgend i've heard so many times: "google is the NSA" :)

I live in India. Although it's not really hard for me to get a plane ticket to America, your reasoning I think correctly sums up everything.

I second your take on addiction of drugs.

That is so true. I live here but even to me it seems that the entire county's under construction!

Peoples minds work on such a strong relative level.. You can be upper-middle-class in California and kill yourself from depression. You can live in a slum and work all day and be h…

Even I have not seen this yet but I have heard about the reduction of bandwidth even on the so called "unlimited" offers. I thought Airtel was the only decent ISP left in India, bu…

Isn't this becoming the norm now? Whether related to technology or anything otherwise, expressing opinions is becoming increasingly dangerous.

+1

+1 He's a true journalist.

I am well aware of the situation in India, while it is true that there are competent engineers at ISRO, it is also saddening that the govt. is not allocating sufficent money for re…

What you are not getting is that while outsourcing does mean cheap labour for Europe and US, it is not necessarily cheap for India(you mentioned keeping in-house). What you think i…

While India is booming in many ways, it still cannot be called developed. There is still a huge divide between the rich and poor and poverty is still a major roadblock.

It was from a person on my friend's list.

I had seen people's walls being spammed on facebook, but today I came across spam via chat, the following message popped up from a person on my online friend's(fb chat) list, i ask…

I don't know if its worked for anybody else.. but i recently got the stumbleupon bar and if you choose your interest, it gives quite interesting results. Not comparable to HN or ev…

I think i'll go with both hand in hand, thanks for the advice.

Hi all, I have just got out of high school and now into my first year of bachelors in computer science. I have been interested in programming since long. I started with a python ab…