Where Donkeys Earn More Than Computer Operators

PANCHKULA: Who said donkeys can not earn well? Here's something that would make animal rights activists smile but cheese off many hard working employees. The much-flogged beast of burden is paid a handsome Rs 250 per day in Panchkula, Haryana. This is better than what many state government contract employees, such as a patwari, nurse or a computer operator, get. Read more...............Even donkeys paid more than guards, nurses in Haryana!

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When Indian traders prayed to Computers

NEW DELHI: There are probably few things more sacred to traders than the account book and so traditionally on Diwali, they have been praying to it. This year however, a group of businessmen prayed to their computers instead. Read More................Instead of account books, these traders pray to computers this Diwali

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Indian Party tries to curb English language, Computers

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who unveiled his party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls in Lucknow on Saturday, said the party is against English medium education and the use of computers and will work to ensure that they are curbed if a government is formed with its support. Read More................SP manifesto hits out at English language, computers

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14 yr Labourer Son is a Computer Graduate

A 14-year-old boy from Lucknow in Utter Pradesh State of India who stunned the academic world by clearing class XII examinations at the age of 11 has accomplished another feat by becoming a computer graduate at the age of 14.

Shailendra passed the Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) from Lucknow University with first division (74.93 pc). His father Tej Bahadur Verma is a daily wage labourer and mother Chhaya Devi is illiterate. Earlier this year, his seven-year-old sister Sushma Verma became the youngest matriculate of the country, passing the UP Board’s Class X examination.

Shailendra has applied for Masters in Computer Applications in IGNOU and would prepare simultaneously for CAT. He wants a career in software development. “But it’s very early now,” he says. Right now his target is to get into an IIM.

About his experiences at the university, Shailendra says he felt a “some communication gap in the first semester with classmates who were much older. But within few months we became friendly. And in my final semester, I even helped some freshers.”

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