Outsourcing To Pakistan
Read the front page story in TOI today. Mushy baby has claimed that since, Pakistanis speak better English than Indians, therefore, outsourcing should happen to Pakistan, instead. Guffaws and chuckles aside, had he demanded this outsourcing stuff in favour of the services he provided during recent US excursions, it would have made sense; but then, making statements is what Mush has excelled in. Let's see why it is a mere statement.
To keep the things for our study simple, let's look at the players of both the cricket teams. As far as the Indians are concerned, the only one uncomfortable with the language is Virendra Sehwag. Zaheer, Kaif, Bhaji, Pathan and Nehra are mildly uncomfortable, but it doesn't become obvious. They look ok when being conversed. Dravid, Sourav, Kumble, Yuvraj, Sachin, Laxman, Balaji and Agarkar are completely at ease.
In current Pakistani side: Rana Naved-Ul-Hasan, Youhana, Inzamam, Afridi, Sami and Razzak are extremely uncomfortable, much more than Sehwag. Imran Nazir, Yasir Hameed and Farhat are as uncomfortable as Sehwag. Malik and Moin Khan are ok, while Shoaib Akhtar is at ease, though he shows off more than what he actually is.
Pakistan looks pale in comparison.True, that sampling is small, and not random. But it gives a fair bit of indication. Literacy in India is 65 %, Pakistan's figure stand at 52 %. In India, English is most widely spoken second language , followed by Hindi. English is more useful as a lingua franca; the usefulness of Hindi as a lingua franca is regionally limited. In Pakistan, Urdu and Punjabi are the languages for this purpose. English is a poor third.
English is fluently used by 6% percent of populace in India, while that number is 4% for Pakistan. On absolute scale it means that about 6.5 crore of Indians and 60 lakhs of Pakistanis. That sums up the situation.
Mushy baby should stop day dreaming. It's only plain which way would the BPOs go; to the state which is headed by a finance professional or to the state which is headed by military professional.
To keep the things for our study simple, let's look at the players of both the cricket teams. As far as the Indians are concerned, the only one uncomfortable with the language is Virendra Sehwag. Zaheer, Kaif, Bhaji, Pathan and Nehra are mildly uncomfortable, but it doesn't become obvious. They look ok when being conversed. Dravid, Sourav, Kumble, Yuvraj, Sachin, Laxman, Balaji and Agarkar are completely at ease.
In current Pakistani side: Rana Naved-Ul-Hasan, Youhana, Inzamam, Afridi, Sami and Razzak are extremely uncomfortable, much more than Sehwag. Imran Nazir, Yasir Hameed and Farhat are as uncomfortable as Sehwag. Malik and Moin Khan are ok, while Shoaib Akhtar is at ease, though he shows off more than what he actually is.
Pakistan looks pale in comparison.True, that sampling is small, and not random. But it gives a fair bit of indication. Literacy in India is 65 %, Pakistan's figure stand at 52 %. In India, English is most widely spoken second language , followed by Hindi. English is more useful as a lingua franca; the usefulness of Hindi as a lingua franca is regionally limited. In Pakistan, Urdu and Punjabi are the languages for this purpose. English is a poor third.
English is fluently used by 6% percent of populace in India, while that number is 4% for Pakistan. On absolute scale it means that about 6.5 crore of Indians and 60 lakhs of Pakistanis. That sums up the situation.
Mushy baby should stop day dreaming. It's only plain which way would the BPOs go; to the state which is headed by a finance professional or to the state which is headed by military professional.
posted by Unknown at 10:09 AM
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