Poem by Canadian Techie sparks rampage in bangalore office
March 4, 2008 – 3:52 pm
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Here is a different version. – http://www.ciol.com/News/News-Reports/Sasken-office-in-Bangalore-attacked/3308104146/0/
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| Teasing takes on parochial tone in IT firm BS Reporter / Chennai/ Bangalore March 04, 2008 Sasken sacks accused employee.Teasing a fellow worker on linguistic lines not only cost a techie his job but also saw brought his company’s operations to a grinding halt following public outrage on Monday. The incident occurred at Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd, located on Airport Road in Bangalore.Scores of pro-Kannada activists under the aegis of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike ransacked the company premises and resorted to slogan-shouting against the management after a Kannada television channel aired videos of the techie singing a poem penned by him. The poem, which the activists claimed was a derogatory song, was intended to ridicule Kannadigas. The accused techie has been identified only as Lee, a Canadian national. |
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