Interesting Links from Blogosphere

Last week I spent more time reading than writing, and I came across quite a few great articles from the blogosphere and blogs I read frequently.

Here are some of them:

The 50 most influential bloggers on the Web: A quite comprehensive list of top bloggers on the web. Only two of the Indian bloggers make the list, Neil Patel at number 50, and Om Malik at respectable 35.

Why Islamic Banking will fail in India: Islam prohibits usury. It instructs all its followers to stay away from taking or giving any form of interest. Now interest, of course, is one of the basic foundations of banking. Which is why I flinch with disgust every single time I come across the paradoxical term – ‘Islamic Banking’.

World Population’s Scary Trend: Look at the growth of population

in Muslim nations like Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Are We Good Leaders?- Lead India Campaign: The “Lead India” campaign of TOI is inspiring. It says – India, its not enough, Let’ start by dominating today and not just be “sleeping tigers” of Asia.

Power, Scarcity, and Corruption: Education in India is generally in dire straits even though some people mistakenly believe that it is excellent from the successes of some ex-IIT non-resident Indians in the US who made piles of money. It is not hard to figure out what is the root cause of the distress of the educational system in India: the near-monopoly control of the system by the government.

Conversation With Ameen Sayani( Part-I, II, III, IV,V and Final): A 6 part interview by inimitable Kamla Bhatt with India’s most famous radio host Amin Sayani. (His magnetic voice is still as charming as it was 20 years back.)

Ageing -and employment opportunities: I have always wondered why in India-especially in the corporate world and the government -do we have a ‘retirement age’ of 58 or 60yrs -as the case maybe! (interesting topic raised by A.K.Menon)

Five points to ponder before joining a startup: Excellent points made by Ashish. If you are planning to join a startup, you should read it…

The words nearshoring: Indian IT companies are opening centers all over the world. Is it reverse outsourcing or is it just a matter of exporting the model wherever it is possible? To me, it appears more like nearshoring where the company gets closer to the client timezone, culture and potentially at a lower cost too…

Where are Indian Hackers ?: About Indian hackers… oh they’re out there all right… they’re out there.

I hope you guys are having a great weekend.