On July 18th, the Indian Government banned www.hinduhumanrights.org  along with a few other websites.  Ostensibly, the reason to block access to Hinduhumanrights.org was that it could cause religious disharmony and civil disturbances in India.  The real reason may be the websites differences of opinion with some Indian academics in UK with close links to the current Indian Government. More...

Maryse Alvis is the only model from the sub-continent in the world’s first IT Girlie ‘Beauty and Brains’ Calender.  Australia-based Maryse has successfully straddled two careers of accounting and IT for a number of years. She started out studying accounting; then built on technical IT knowledge after doing a programming course. More...

The latest entrant aboard the website bandwagon, sunsilkgangofgirls.com, has scripted a very interesting success story in the Indian web industry. Bankrolled by consumer giant Hindustan Lever and designed by BC Web Wise, this woman’s online advertising boutique has struck an instant chord with the young, cash-rich Indian women. Over a hundred thousand of them signed up on the website in the last one month. More...

Understanding the urban Indian mind just became smarter, simpler and cost-effective. Sanjay Tiwari of Juxt Consult, which conducts large-scale surveys in Indian cities, found that results of offline or land-based surveys are nearly the same as of online surveys. Sanjay, who has had a long stint in marketing and conducting offline research, felt a couple of years back that since Internet users are largely city-based, the characteristics of online and offline samples should not vary much. Here’s what he did to dispel doubts. More...

Greenpeace is one of the most admired organizations in the world.  Its courageous struggles in the western world are well documented and a source of inspiration to millions.  What is relatively lesser known is the large number of Indian computing professionals who spend a lot of time and money to support this worthy cause in India. Naturally, more funds are needed by the environmental movement in a country like India. More...

Ever since Techgoss was launched in April, every week we get an email or anonymous tip about sexual harassment in the Indian tech industry.  The setting are generally the same -  Powerful married male manager gets single subordinate women in his sphere of influence.  The bribes and threats precede the sex.  And the culture of silence that pervades many IT and BPO companies.  The old boys club doing everything it can to protect the sexual predators.  Techgoss correspondent ‘Lioness’ interviewed an Assistant  Vice President to get her account of what happened to her. The following is her account as told to Techgoss. More...

Techgoss article ‘IBM Global Services to IBM Daksh, India – HR Plays God’ by IBMinsider was very popular with our readers.  It rated as the most popular story on our website, and lots of people mailed in with comments.  The following is a typical response. More...