THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE - 3 - BIAS

Long long ago so long ago there was a saying that the Sun never sets in the British Empire. There was a competition between the Britain and the France to occupy territories in the African and Asian continents. While the French could give a good fight in the Africa, it lost to the Britain in the Asia. The Britain, the France and the Spanish competed with each other in the Americas. Later on they became dependent upon the United States of America. Sixty-six years back the Sun had set down in the British Empire. The British Empire became the Britain or the United Kingdom.

The bias is a diagonal of cross threads in a woven fabric. The bias is to influence either in favour or against someone. The Bangalore is the fabric. The diagonals are those who moved into the Bangalore because of the IT and ITES industry. There are other industries too. The Devil’s Advocate’s attention is riveted to the IT and ITES industry.

The western countries preached the mantra of Global Economy. They vociferously demanded the developing countries to open up the trade. The diametrically opposite happened. They found that their industries are losing money. Without looking into the sensitivity of loss jobs, they looked at the sense of outsourcing their jobs to India. The pink color denotes love and affection. Sadly, the IT and ITES workers in the western countries got the pink slips i.e. they lost their jobs to India.

There is a bias. The IT and ITES workers in the western countries are biased against India because of the outsourcing. The western countries’ industries became biased in favor of India because of the cost economics. They have to show profits to their shareholders.

Within the Indian context there is a bias. The bias of gender. The bias of language. The bias of the region. The north Indians who moved to the Bangalore make every effort to brow beat the south Indians. Among the north Indians, Punjabi and Hindi belts compete with each other. The people from the Bihar bear the brunt. Among the south Indians, there is a contest between Andhras, Tamils and Keralites. Andhra people try to undermine the Tamils. Keralites are suave and subtle in whatever they do against anyone. Some of the Tamils cannot just tolerate the sight of the Kannada people.

The higher-ups in the industry talk about the cohesion and cooperation amongst their work force. This is a white lie. There is no cohesion. There is only BIAS. Instead of living in the ivory tower, they should prevent the coal being carried to the castle. To them it is a “wake up call”. Awake and look around. Set your house in order.