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[1 May 2008 | 41 Comments | 138 views]
I can’t get a job in Mumbai anymore

This is beyond being “funny”
“…(Maharashtra) state Finance Minister Jayant Patil…announced in the state legislative assembly that 80 per cent jobs in companies that will now open units in Maharashtra must go to locals.
…The finance minister also defined the Marathi manoos.  It has to be a person who has been living in Maharashtra for more than 15 years and knows Marathi, he said.
I fail the test…miserably.
The problem is – in my entire life, I have never lived for 15 years in any single city or state…Who will hire me now?

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[1 May 2008 | One Comment | 16 views]

A few weeks ago, I had asked the question, Can NRIs become MPs in India?
I now understand that not only NRIs but even foreigners can apparently become MPs provided they have the right documents
….the CBI in its final probe report before the Supreme Court said the documents produced by Congress MP from Assam Mani Kumar Subba to claim Indian citizenship were “not correct”
If the findings of the CBI are held to be correct by the apex court after scrutinising the response of the MP, Subba could stand to lose his …