Seems familiar to Calcuttans? Not just Calcutta anymore......'cos this is happening right here in namma Bengaluru!!
Peeved at not getting the demanded quota of Cauvery water from the tribunal, and salt upon injury added by Mr Karunanidhi managing to secure a relatively favorable decision for arch-rivals (at least w.r.t. the cauvery issue) TN....the pro-Kannad organizations have decided to shut the city down for 12 staright hours to protest this injustice!!
What have the Pro-Kannad organisations decided upon doing?
- Decided to stop all vehicular traffic on all major roads from 0600-1800 hrs....fetching discomfort to the Bangalorean junta will teach the tribunal a lesson!
- Down all shutters....close all shops.....shut down all business - When they lose money...they will know how it feels! (Still undecide as to who the 'they' being referred to is......)
- Ban all Tamil channesl of the cable TV network (Now theTamilians will know what it is to mess with us!!!)
- Not enough. Let's ban all Non-Kannad channels from the cable TV network on the bandh day (Now even the rest of the world will know what it is to mess with us!!)
- Shout slogans against the govt for allowing the Tribunal to give such a verdict against them (so what if none of the govts in the last 17 years couyld not get a decision in favor of themselves!!)
- Shut down the pulse of the city!
So how is Bangalore dealing with this?
Very well i must say....and like Calcuttans, even Bangaloreans have learned not to look a gift horse in the mouth and take full advantage of a weekday off! Thus is their planning -
- Residents of nearby places like Chennai, Hydbd & Cochin had fled back home on fri evenig, ths ensuring a 3-day stay at home....
- B'loreans thronged the dvd parlors, stocking up on movie fare to last through the day. My roomies & i hve picked up Munich, The Prestige, Aastha & Divorzio all'Italiana to last us thru the day....
- The liquor shops also saw a heavier than usual traffice, with pppl stocking up on the spirit-quotient too. I myself spent 20 mins standing at the queue at Foodworld to pay fot the beers that i had picked up (including the new Haywards Stout)......come'on guyz - where else do u get to pay for booze by Sodexho coupons?!
- Maggi...the life-saver....went fast off the shelf for bachelors like us. A search for the new Rice Maagi yielded no results! :-(
- All TN registerd vehicles were hidden out of sight (come'on....remember)
- Friends were called over on sunday evening to partake of the beer and the bakar!!
- Last heard all Non-kannad states (including Tamilians) would be leading their usual lives, and even getting to watch all their TV channels on the Cable Tv network
- As to how life_during_bandh was......gotta wait till we spend it.
Still wondering though....who are they trying to register their protest with?
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