{"id":1461,"date":"2005-04-24T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-25T01:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2005-04-24T19:04:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-25T01:04:00","slug":"bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-the-onion-news-in-brief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/24\/bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-the-onion-news-in-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"Bwa ha ha ha.. ha ha ha&#8230; The Onion&#8230; News in brief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/shimmeringjemmy.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">shimmeringjemmy<\/a> for the reference to this piece. It appeared in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\">The Onion<\/a> Vol 41, Iss 16 for April 20, 2005<\/p>\n<p><b>NEWS IN BRIEF<\/b><br \/>\n<b>New Tech-Support Caste Arises in India<\/b><br \/>\nNEW DELHI\u2014Thanks to widespread outsourcing of telephone-service jobs, a sixth caste has blossomed in India: the Khidakayas, a mid-level jati made up of technical-support workers. &#8220;I am happy to be a Khidakaya,&#8221; said technical-support agent Ranji Prasat, who speaks English with a flawless American accent and goes by the name &#8220;Ron&#8221; at work. &#8220;While we rank below members of the reigning order, those of us responsible for helping Americans track their online purchases and change their account PINs share many privileges not enjoyed by the merchant class below us.&#8221; Prasat said he expects to marry another tech-support worker.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1461\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/24\/bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-the-onion-news-in-brief\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1461\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/24\/bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-the-onion-news-in-brief\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-1461\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/24\/bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-the-onion-news-in-brief\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/24\/bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-the-onion-news-in-brief\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to shimmeringjemmy for the reference to this piece. 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