It's yet another BANDH in IT Capital of India, Bangalore

It's yet another BANDH in Bangalore today on Monday Feb 12, 2006. All the shops, schools, colleges, private and government offices would be closed. This time bandh is to protest against the decision of Cauvery Water decision, which came a few days back. There has been a little tension whole last week due to the same. Prohibitory orders are in place in Bangalore in view of the dawn to dusk bandh with Section 144, which was imposed in the city at midnight, and will continue for the next 24 hours. Whole karnataka is on high alert.

It's for sure not the first of it's kind BANDH, BANDHs have been part of Indian system for a long time now. Some places, we hardly need any reason to call for a BANDH, and to bring all the lives to a standstill. A huge productivity loss, it brings.

Does it help in any sense?
Do the BANDHs bebefit anyboy?

Probably YES, that's why they keep on coming, every time with a new cause and most of the time followed by voilence and trouble to some people in need. In most of the cases, people who take most of the chunk from the benefit are politicians, who simply use the agression of youth and emotions of the prople in general, to increase their vote bank. Somehow, I am not convinced with this concept itself and I feel it shows some kind of immaturity. Still, I agree that the cause and remedies differ from one case to other.

In this case, the commision was formed 17 years back. Either we should not believe in the capabilites of the people who were there in the commision at the first place or we should respect the decision. What if decision would have come in a little favour of Karnataka, the story would have reversed altogether. Then BANDHs would have been happening in TamilNadu. But does that help either? Does that solve something?

Comments are most welcome.