6 Further Reading

Links and references for people interested in reading further on the topics touched upon by this article.

Communications

• The International Herald Tribune notes that India led the world in cellphone expansion in 2006.

• According to the Cellular Operators association of India, India had 212 million cellphone subscribers in June 2008.

Power

The shortage of quality grid power in the Indian subcontinent has been discussed in many public fora over the years.

• The Electric Power India web page reports that villages are provided electricity only sporadically and that villagers feel that they cannot rely on electricity to operate their equipment.

• The southern Indian state of Karnataka and home of Bangalore, India's IT hub, suffered a shortfall of 3,200 MW of power, according to a May 2002 article in India Today.

• PCWorld columnist Niyam Bhushan raises similar concerns in his ``Give us Bijlee, not Bandwidth'' article.

• A report titled The Future of Electric Power in China, Korea and India edited by William Chandler of the Battelle Memorial Institute, reports a 12 percent electricity deficit and 20 percent peak power shortage in India.

• An August 2008 report by S. K. N.  Nair in the Hindu Business Line titled Rural India: Tripped by Shortages describes the dismal power situation in rural india.

The Indian Caste System

• The National Geographic summed up the caste system succinctly in its June 2003 issue on Untouchables, when it said that ``Embedded in Indian culture for the past 1,500 years, the caste system follows a basic precept: All men are created unequal.''.

• Aharon Daniel's summary of the Indian caste system and The Caste System and the Stages of Life in Hinduism offer brief introductions to the caste system.

• The Yahoo directory contains further references on the Indian caste system.

Low power computing

• The Handhelds.Org site is an excellent repository of information on low power, small footprint computing devices.

• Handwriting recognition is the subject of ongoing research; the Yahoo Directory page on Handwriting Recognition is a good starting place for further reading.

• The LART project home page describes the LART design and its applications.