Bangalore phobia will only hurt the West

The Indian information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry and Indian software professionals have earned global kudos for exceptional technical prowess, meticulous software development skills and quality processes for over two decades.

However, the highly regarded industry with its three-million plus software professionals, comes under attack every now and then from the very nations that save costs by outsourcing to India - dubbing it as a nation producing 'cyber coolies', to being 'Bangalored' (a term used when losing a job to an Indian outsourcing centre) and now to being referred to as 'chop shops'.

The West's fear of losing jobs to any Indian software development centre not necessarily in the city of Bangalore has given rise to another word: Bangalore phobia.

Image: The Bangalore palace built in 1887.

Text: Sanjiv Kataria, IANS

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