Troubles Today

"Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi called for a 12-hour strike (Tamilnadu) on Thursday. The Chennai bandh or Tamil Nadu Bandh is called for , to demand a permanent ceasefire in Srilanka where innocent Tamilians are being subjected to war atrocities. On Tuesday night, Chief Minister Karunanidhi issued an appeal and asked all Tamils, irrespective of their political affiliations, to join the strike or bandh."

The above is an extract of the reason for the Bandh on 23-April-2009 in Chennai by the ruling party. This bandh seemed like a political tantrum for me, which focuses more on the election votes rather than the real issue!!

I work for a BPO. What ever goes out of form, we have to stay in form to help our clients across countries after all that's what we have been paid for.....

We made prior plans. Some people decided to stay in office and sleep in the path between the computer bays in which we work. People who had families did not have a choice. So we all returned home on Wednesday late night. On Thursday most of us rushed to the office before 6.00 A.M. It was very difficult for people who worked in European shifts who left office at 1.00 A.M and returned at 5.30-5.45 A.M just because they had kids and husband at home to take care. There were also some people like me who had the guts to travel in our own vehicle and reaching office before 10.00 A.M.

When i set my two wheeler on road, I fouled.. almost 90% less traffic than it used to be in the morning. Most of the shops were closed. There were no traffic signals too..... it is a silent protest by the machines as well...Obviously controlled by the government...When I reached office I saw all others so excited about their travel on the day. We were not able to focus on work. All we did was to talk about this pointless bandh.

It was lunch time. We were all given token. We accepted it, Swam into the cafeteria where we found hundreds of others stating to get the food before its gets over. We all stood in line. It took 20 mins to get the food plate in hand. I ended up eating till the plate was clean as we may not receive good food until 6 atleast. Hmmm....i am not against tolerance but i am against victimising...

Strike is a democratic way to put forward their demands, yes its a text book definition.Political parties entering strike, whom they are trying to convince...you, me or the entire world , war started 30 years back, various solutions were worked, numerous agreements were signed in Srilanka and was broken..

What we need is a solution, what we need is peace, safety and a trouble free land for the minorities living in our neighbouring country, One day strike is going to do nothing except some visibility and an additional point for the politicians during their campaign.

LETS USE LESS STRIKE..STRIKE LESS NATION IS AMBITIOUS