yup, u make a good point about the nature of the IT services jobs in india. Its shocking to see these jobs associated with so much prestige back home when one does not require any special skills to do well in this industry. These jobs are treated so lowly in US that they have been shipped to india and unfortunately the desis mine no words while bragging about the so called 'MNC' jobs. Its time for a change in this attitude. We need to respect and pay the professors in the universities more than these IT junkies. that would lead to talented people stuck in this cesspool to join the universities and use their knowledge and intelligence to start doing R & D. Its only R& D which can develop a nation necessitating more attention from people back home for the sake of their future.