The time zone problem is indeed the cold water here. Even when folks are working remotely, it's faster and easier to work with people who have similar office hours. "Remote" could be a time zone over and worth an email. "Remote(India)", however, means project questions sit unanswered because I am asleep. If more information is needed to provide clarification, even a simple matter, normally settled in 60 minutes across roughly aligning time zones, can take 36 hours to work out.
