Re:Obedience (Score 3, Informative)

Absolutely! I worked for months and months, trying to inspire, direct, encourage, support my Bangalore counterparts to show some personal initiative in solving sticky problems. Even the most basic eluded them, and it was an uphill battle getting them to step out on a limb and take a chance at being proactive. This story in the NYT absolutely positively reflects the realities of my own experiences, and actually substantiates what I've been saying for years (but have been accused of being anti-Indian for saying). I say, it's anti-Indian for any institution to pretend to prepare its students for the working world, whilst turning them loose with little more than the ability to follow instructions. See http://darwinsweb.blogspot.com for more...