On Thursday 09 Nov 2006 7:55 am, Keith Adam wrote: > 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.
To put it diplomatically. any honest observation is based on opinions that are formed from the inputs one receives. Supposing your inputs had been different, you might have said: "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 the Parsee new year" or "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 Guru Nanak's birthday" or "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 the Mahaveer Jayanti" But the inputs that form your thoughts did not make you pick up the signals that indicate that other minority festivals are ignored as assiduously as Ramzan. That is possibly because some things are pointed out as possible discrimination and some are not. That fact in itself turns the bias in a particular direction. shiv
