US parents outsource maths tuition to teachers in Kerala: "Twice in a week, Ann Maria, a sixth grader at Silver Oak Elementary School, California logs on to the internet from home after school hours. Ann is not chatting up her friends.

She is connecting to her personal tutor, already online, armed with headset and a pen mouse sitting in a call centre like cubicle almost a timezone away in Panampillynagar, Kochi, Kerala."

Somewhat surprised that this is happening. Somebody told me that funerals are also being outsourced to churches in Kerala from countries where it is too expensive to hold a full service.

-K

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