Judith asked me the other day whether i had seen Thomas L. Friedman's documentary film - 'The Other Side of Outsourcing - Who Really Wins' on Discovery Channel.  I missed it unfortunately - not sure whether we have the same feed here in India as the US - still am looking out for a re-run.  Anyone knows when its next on air in India ?

Couldn't wait to view the documentary - so i went off to Google and Feedster to search for write-ups on it.  Feedster returned 0 feeds but Google came good.  I discovered the New York Times has a very nice collection of 10 Op-Ed columns by Thomas L. Friedman on this story, with video excerpts.  Links to the Op-Ed columns :

Making India Shine (May 20, 2004)
India needs a political reform revolution to go with its economic one.

Losing Our Edge? (April 22, 2004)
Anyone who thinks that all the Indian and Chinese techies are doing is answering call-center phones or solving tech problems for Dell customers is sadly mistaken.

Software of Democracy (March 21, 2004)
While India has the hardware of democracy — free elections — it still lacks a lot of the software —decent, responsive, transparent local government.

Origin of Species (March 14, 2004)
There are two basic responses to globalization: Infosys and Al Qaeda.

The Great Indian Dream (March 11, 2004)
Five-hundred-fifty-five million Indians under the age of 25 want it. And it's a lot like the American version.

The Secret of Our Sauce (March 7, 2004)
Our competitors know America's edge: institutions that nurture innovation.

Small and Smaller (March 4, 2004)
The third era of globalization is shrinking the world from size small to a size tiny.

30 Little Turtles (Feb. 29, 2004)
When we hand over low-wage, low-prestige jobs to India or Pakistan, we make a safer world for our own 20-year-olds.

What Goes Around . . . (Feb. 26, 2004)
Indian companies aren't just taking American jobs, they're also making them.

Meet the Zippies (Feb. 22, 2004)
The impact of outsourcing jobs to zippies, white-collar workers in India, is unpredictable. Managing this phenomenon requires a public policy response.

Judith shared some of her views on it with me - she felt learned she had learned many interesting tidbits like 555M or 54% of india's population is under 25 yrs of age, but only 3 or those 555M are benefiting with jobs from the outsourcing boom.  And that it put a few 'faces' on india; humanised them as the people interviewed were lovely, articulate, friendly, charming.  She also came away with the feeling that youth in India wants the same things as youth in the US.  

I will be soon blogging  about an interesting seminar i attended on youth trends and share some findings of a recent study i conducted, with permission from my client ofcourse :) - that showed pretty much the same thing !