what is globalization? with the reference to one night @ the call center

1. Paper no.: 13 “The New Literature”
Topic: What is Globalization ???
Name; Solanki Pintu
Roll no; 29
M. A. Semester: 4
Email ID ; solankipintu1991@gmail.com
Submitted to:
Department of English
Maharaja Krishnakumar sinhji
Bhavnagar University

2. What is Globalization ???
• “ Globalization is a process of interaction
and integration among the people,
companies, and governments of different
nations, a process driven by international
trade and investment and aided by
information technology”

3. • In the twenty first century, one cannot think
of any branch of knowledge without making a
reference to Globalization, which has
influenced language, literature, social
sciences, service sectors and whatnot.

4. • G.Swaminathan in his review of this novel
comments:
• “if you want to really have a peep into the
new generation, their jobs, life, attitude,
values and their dreams please do not miss
One Night @ the Call Centre.”

5. Globalization in ON@CC
• Growing awareness of technology and the use
of it have definitely exposed India to a new
environment.
• This change has come about due to strong
wish of youths to participate in the
technological revolution that is going on all
around the world.

6. • With growing urbanization and globalization a
number of opportunities have opened up all
around.
• In ON@CC the number of men and women
working in call center is equal. Women work
even in night shifts.

7. • Bhagat very comfortably depicts women
empowerment as one of the positive effects of
globalization,
• at the same time, consumerism, eroding values,
and rising fears and anxieties of urban Indians as
some of the negative offshoots of it can not
escape his piercing observations.
• The works cited above can be considered as the
subjective fictional stories of the changing urban
India.

8. • fictions of Bhagat show techno-friendly
youths,
• participating in the development
• All the people working at the call center in his
fiction handle the calls and computers easily.

9. • Globalization is that Indian
youth are getting good job
opportunities in western
countries.
• It is a thing of pride that the
companies like Microsoft
cannot think about their
business without taking into
consideration the Indian
software engineers.

10. • The fictional work of Bhagat One Night @ the
Call Center reflect the changing urban realities
in globalizing India.
• These work Bhagat subtly portrays the fast
growing cities and urban zones along with all
the global factors, affecting the life,
experience, dreams, and attitudes of today's
youth.

11. • The title of the novel it self tells about the
effect of globalization in call center.
• In this novel writer wants to give message to
the Indians that who working in call center.
• they just get good salary but it not give it a
opportunity to do something else or for their
skills and creativity Americanized form of
English in the Call Centers.

12. Negative effect of the Globalization
• Chetan Bhagat thinks that “On a different
level, I began to think about the number
individuals who sacrifice their creativity and
skills and join call center merely because of
the fact pay packet on offer.”

13. • In this novel we find rising anxieties, fear and stress in
these six characters in call center are constantly under
pressure.
• They themselves are to be blamed for it
• But one can not deny that globalization is also
responsible for it.
• Due to slack in software industry the call center
wanted to cut down the number of employees in its
main bay and that brings all the people under pressure.
• Actually this book talks about the anxieties, fears, and
stress of call center employees.

14. Referances
• http://www.the-criterion.com/V3/n4/Anil.pdf
• http://www.hecr.tifr.res.in/~bsn/GOOD/indian
.txt
• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/36-
of-scientists-at-NASA-are-Indians-Govt-
survey/articleshow/2853178.cms
• http://parmarjinal161315.blogspot.in/2015/0
3/one-night-call-center.html