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...cost of labor in India, which was already below that in the U.S., is likely to be falling even faster than it is in the U.S. The outsourcing business in India has been hit with a sharp drop in demand, and the major Indian employers in the sector are doing poorly. (See pictures of ten things you should know about the Nano...
...parked in the living room. The most compelling is the richly decorated, century-old Chinese farmhouse overlooking the mountains and Temple Tree's 110-ft. (33.5 m) pool. There are also five "estate rooms," built into a 1940s longhouse from a rubber plantation in Ipoh. It used to house Indian workers, but not, one surmises, in the same style that guests now enjoy...
After weeks of playing sudoku with match schedules and wrangling with the Indian government over scheduling clashes with the upcoming general election, the powerful Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Sunday it would hold its billion dollar Indian Premier League (IPL) outside India. The decision marks an unexpected climax to a weeks-long dispute between the BCCI and the Indian Home Ministry. Dates for the IPL, which features the best players from around the world, had long been set for April and May, the only time available for a 45-day tournament during the 2009 cricket calendar...
...Commentators have already dubbed the IPL the "NRIPL" - Non-Resident Indian Premier League and fans are outraged that the games will be played off shore. "Imagine an 'Indian' Premier League in South Africa," says self-confessed cricket diehard Nikhil Lodaya, a Mumbai-based public relations executive, "It's just too desperate!" Lodaya says he planned to watch the matches on television, so it doesn't matter if the matches are played in Mumbai or London. "But for a sport I love, it's painful to see what has happened." (Read a TIME story on the worst sporting attacks...
...wealthy BCCI has been cut down to size. "In cricket, the BCCI has become an all-powerful bully," says New Delhi-based cricket commentator Pradeep Magazine. "It tramples on anyone who challenges its might - be it players or cricket boards of other countries. Now that it has checkmated the Indian state, it better get the IPL on course in a foreign country. It might just have bitten off more than it can chew." (See TIME's Pictures of the Week...