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Re:The end of India’s ‘IT miracle’? by cc-d on Thursday June 07, 2018 @09:30AM (#17255577)
>We have a saying here in India: "You pay peanuts, you hire donkeys".

That is amazingly similar to the common english proverb: "You pay peanuts, you get monkeys."

Did you translate the Indian (not sure which language) proverb using the english proverb as a base, or does it directly translate?

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Re:The end of India’s ‘IT miracle’? by RandomCSGeek on Friday June 08, 2018 @02:24AM (#17263063)
I have heard of another proverb, which translates to "If you throw peanuts, only monkeys will gather".
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