How An Indian Actor Ruined My Day
April 13th, 2006 at 10:13 am by Crankyor
Global Economy Follies
I’m waiting for a status report from my offshore programmer, a very hard working young man named Husain.
So I ask the liason working here onsite about his non-responsiveness. It turns out that Husain and the rest of his co-workers in Bangalore are staying home due to the riots.
What riots, you ask? These riots.
Four people were killed when police opened fire to quell irate fans of Kannada matinee idol Rajkumar in two places, even as the body of the thespian was being taken in a procession to the burial spot inside the Kanteerava Studios.
Dr. Rajkumar was a much loved figure in Indian cinema. Which, of course, explains the riots.
What remains unclear is if expecting .NET code from Bangalore is such a good idea.
April 13th, 2006 at 12:58 pm
Typical. That’s what you get for outsourcing. If you want some .Net code MADE IN AMERICA give me a call.
Sheeesh.
April 13th, 2006 at 2:44 pm
I’ve seen the stories about the riots… But they never put a picture of this Rajkumar in the byline of the article… Hummm… People rioting over a faceless person! Are these Hindus suddenly going crazy on us?
April 13th, 2006 at 3:02 pm
I fear for my own hometown on the day of the passing of Dr. Alec Baldwin.
April 14th, 2006 at 1:07 am
[...] But I am not very sympathetic to two other sentiments that were expressed. First, some people found this entire Rajkumar phenomenon incomprehensible. To them, I can only say Rajkumar meant a great deal to some of us; if you want to understand that, then you could read several neat tributes written in the last couple of days. Or better, watch a few Rajkumar films. Just don’t roll your eyes and feign surprise! But slightly more problematic is a second argument made by many: that the image of the city as a business center is somehow harmed by work stoppage and violence. Bangalore based bloggers, Kannadigas elsewhere and many outsiders have expressed their displeasure on this count. But then there was this somewhat offensive piece. I didn’t want to leave a comment on that page; rather, I wanted the author to visit the Land of Lime, to get our response. The blogger, who was to get .Net code from an ‘extremely hardworking engineer’ in Bangalore, complained ‘how an Indian actor ruined his day’! [...]