Catching up on these slowly... One of the BPO vendors I work with in Pune, work to UK holidays, not Indian ones. However, I was struck with the way that the management made 'noises in our ears' to allow staff time off during Diwali (against our contract) but made no special provision for Ramzan.
I'm not trying to inflame an already dead thread, but merely relating an honest observation. Rgds, Keith PS - Incidentally, I had a great time that week with my friends and their families of Hindu and Muslim religions and being invited to observe and celebrate with them in genuine friendship and exchange was great! Truly a week that I won't forget! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Ramakrishnan Sundaram > Sent: 06 September 2006 17:10 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [silk] security and choosing sides > > > On 9/6/06, sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > staff. Nevertheless Christmas is celebrated in the workplace > with the same > > festive cheer and genuine goodwill that it is in any other part of the > > country. > > As is Onam in Kerala, by all communities, and that is not my point. > > > I write this to make the point that Hindus at your workplace in India > > celebrating Hindu festivals while in a Muslim majority area per > se does not > > mean anything much or can be taken to mean a big deal depending > on what one > > wants to make of the fact. > > On office expense. A company owned by a secular government. In which > case it should either celebrate all festivals equally (and therefore > have no time for work) or celebrate no festivals at all (which I > personally prefer). > > Ram > > >
