An imported worker, usually from a South Asian country brought in to work on unimportant IT projects.

A brief account of one's professional or work experience and qualifications, often submitted with an employment application.

Typical Indian euphemism for Roadside Weigh Stations. Literal translation is "righteous duty thorn". Dharam Kaantas are found scattered along highways where "lorries" ferrying goods are weighed. In actuality the Kaanta refers to the pointer on the scale on which weighing is done. Weighing of commercial vehicles is for the purpose of collecting road use tax, so one can imagine what the righteous duty thorns, i.e. weigh station workers, would be doing here. Wink wink, nudge nudge, pay me a few and I'll declare your lorry underweight, dharam jaaye bhaad mein.

For many Indians, after spending several grueling years in Tuitions and IIT-JEE classes, success = getting on an Air India plane and going to Amreeka or the Gelf only to earn money and send it back to their loving ammas who will proudly say "from where to where" my little beta has gone. This proclamation of maternal pride is typically made over some hot celebratory gajar ka halwa!

Historically, usurious companies like Western Union, MoneyGram and/or banks would help with the movement of this money; oftentimes charging exorbitant prices. The money would also arrive on IST.

Xoom is a disruptive cross-border money transfer or remittances company that makes it fast and cheap for Indians abroad to send money to India. They are have gained so much traction that they now have Big B dressed up in a blue velvet jacket, supporting the brand.

Used to be short for Qayamat Se Qayamat Take , the 1988 Amir Khan film. Mysteriously co-opted by the SENSEX following Indian business community who now use the the acronym to stand for 'Quarter se Quarter tak' which means surviving from quarter to quarter. Could also stand for the short-term focus and the drive to maximize shareholder value at the cost of long-term strategic planning. So basically its QSQT when Kapitalism's invisible kai goes up the skirt of mother India and makes her myopic.

Pronounced see aar.

Shortform for Crore or ten million.

money

Irrelevant, not important enough, bullshit

basically means recovery.

₹

It is supposed to be a combination of the English letter R and Devnagri letter र.
There was full competition and all for designing the symbol and as it happens in competitions some IIT guy won and we got this symbol.
Just like we in India believe that we deserve a permanent place at the UN Security Council, we have other aspirations too. Main one being that the world take us seriously, which is a hard sell in it self, what with bollywood trumping everything.
So in our pursuit of seriousness, we needed a symbol for the rupee and we got one.