Re: Unrest in South India as film legend dies
Far from business as usual.
**Leading IT companies – including Wipro, iGATE and Infosys, India’s second-largest software company, along with multinationals Microsoft, Dell Inc and IBM **– said they would stay closed on Thursday. “Most companies are forced to close. Nobody wants to take a chance,” an official at a multinational firm told Reuters on the condition that that the person and company not be named. “Offices that are open get stoned. This is bad for Bangalore’s international image.” Offices belonging to AXA, a leading French insurance firm, and Microsoft were pelted with stones, company officials told Reuters.
Death toll has risen to 5, including a policeman.