| In recent hit movie Slumdog millionaire, the romantic lead character works as a tea boy (or depending on how good your Indian is, a ‘chai-wallah’) at a Mumbai call centre which services thickly accented Brits with varying degrees of success. But according to a recent report by one of the world’s largest professional services firms KPMG, the recession could see workers like Jamal out of work as traditional offshore centres such as Delhi and Chennai miss out in favour of new locations such as Belfast, Sofia and Cairo.
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