School is closed today.
The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi has called a Bandh (a sort of general strike) to protest peacefully against the killing of innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka. Most of the offices, businesses and shops are closed, there are no buses, no auto rickshaws. (Click on title for BBC link) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandh
We have been warned that episodes of civil unrest may occur, so the advice is that it's best not to go too far. Of course, the 'World's Largest Democracy' is currently in the throes of a general election and here in this State voting doesn't start for a few weeks but there is alot of campaigning and canvassing going on and the 'common man' is an eager pawn for both the current regime and the opposition.
School is also closed again all day tomorrow! For parent teacher conferences! What's wrong with Parent Evenings?
2 comments:
So when do you get notification about these kinds of things ... when you go to a store and find it closed, or is there some way of learning of the Bandh?
Nothing like a surprise!
The newspaper reported it yesterday. The school decided to close for the day at 3.20pm! If your Tamil or Hindi is good and you understand the news you may also get an idea from the TV!
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