Ban all E.M. Forster puns immediately
I finally got around to reading Suketu Mehta's column on outsourcing. See the discussion following Abhi's post at Sepia Mutiny a couple of days ago for some good comments on the column; all I have to say right now is, can someone please tell the editors of American media outfits to think of titles for India-related stories that do not entail A Passage to India?
There are other works of literature whose titles might make eye-catching 'ledes.' For instance, this column might have been better titled:
Midnight's Outsourcing [literally midnight, because of the time zone difference...]
The Silicon in the Crown
Outsourcing an Elephant
Train to Bangalore
Others?
There are other works of literature whose titles might make eye-catching 'ledes.' For instance, this column might have been better titled:
Midnight's Outsourcing [literally midnight, because of the time zone difference...]
The Silicon in the Crown
Outsourcing an Elephant
Train to Bangalore
Others?
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My experiments with outsourcing
Silicon and friends
The Great Indian Travel
Outsourcers Like Us
The Outsourcers of Kumaon
The Outsourcer of Small Things
My Frozen Outsourcers
Outsourced Wipe Open
I like `Midnight`s Outsourcing` or `Train to Bangalore`.
How about A Sourceable Boy?
And Arundhati Roy's The Cost of Living works without a punning name change.
Thanks, guys. My favorite so far is "My Experiments with Outsourcing," which would have made Gandhi furious. I also like "The Outsourcer of Small Things," which I imagine as an article about a company that outsources little jobs, like the resizing of digital photos to 'email' sizes.
I'm considering compiling a long list, and sending it over to the Times for their consideration.
How about:
"Managers are from San Jose, cybercoolies are from Bangalore"
"A Fine Outsourcer"
"The Armies of Engineers"
"Monsoon Outsourcing"
"The Outsourcer and Friends"
Salman's Shirt
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- The Discovery of Outsourcing
- Letters from an outsourcer to his daughter
- Glimpses of world outsourcing
The Outsourcer of Bangalore
An Area of Outsourcedness
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