SO. basically, what's going on is that, once again, the telangana people are pissed off...again (well, still, actually).
they were promised a state by the indian government awhile ago, but the government's been wishy-washy in following through, so once again, the movement is picking up pace. congress has been basically shut down; schools and shops all over andhra pradesh are closed; buses and railways are shut down. and what's more, members of parliament are slowly resigning, bringing it to a total of about 86 or so in the past few months. before we came, it was pretty bad: there was a lot of violence and street protests, but it had since cooled off. like i said before, they staged a protest where they prepared food on the roadside, which was a big inconvenience as it made us late for the wedding. but that was just a sign of the movement picking up momentum.
what it is today is a bandh protest. "bandh" is a hindi word which means "closed," and this form of protest involves a political party of community declaring a strike. and this bandh is statewide. i've been reading about it on twitter, and while i was really considering getting rid of it, it's been really interesting to see the tweets of young people in the area reacting to these politics.
i'll definitely be sure to update you all with this stuff. this is too interesting!
they were promised a state by the indian government awhile ago, but the government's been wishy-washy in following through, so once again, the movement is picking up pace. congress has been basically shut down; schools and shops all over andhra pradesh are closed; buses and railways are shut down. and what's more, members of parliament are slowly resigning, bringing it to a total of about 86 or so in the past few months. before we came, it was pretty bad: there was a lot of violence and street protests, but it had since cooled off. like i said before, they staged a protest where they prepared food on the roadside, which was a big inconvenience as it made us late for the wedding. but that was just a sign of the movement picking up momentum.
what it is today is a bandh protest. "bandh" is a hindi word which means "closed," and this form of protest involves a political party of community declaring a strike. and this bandh is statewide. i've been reading about it on twitter, and while i was really considering getting rid of it, it's been really interesting to see the tweets of young people in the area reacting to these politics.
i'll definitely be sure to update you all with this stuff. this is too interesting!
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