Telangana BANDH

OK so last night went to a bar for Karaoke, it was pretty fun! Some people got really drunk which was so stupid if you ask me. First off it's a Tuesday. Second off your foreign. third most of you are females....lets just add drunk and see what happens, nothing good can come of that if you ask me.
On the way back I saw that the Telangana tent had been moved from shop com to south campus closer to the hostile area...allyn said it had something to do with exams for classes that were going on before christmas and people needing to have it in a more convenient place. I also noticed that the students who are relay fasting (some fast at night and others during the day...a joke in itself and is making a joke out of something meant to be serious) took a break for the holiday...pretty sure your cause doesn't stop because it's a holiday. Apparently another student lit himself on fire committing suicide for Telangana, I believe I was told the number is 168 now. Come on now people besides getting people's attention what is killing yourself doing? You aren't being prosecuted like you would be in some places so it's not like some horrible torture is happening that death would be more effective. Oh and the politicians who are on a hunger strike who are going to the hospital for IV's are killin me...it's not a hunger strike if you are getting the nutrients to stay healthy...the whole point is that your supposed to protest by being starved... i don't get it really at all but it worked for ghandi...and he did it the right way without an IV.
For those of you that don't know anything about Telengana I can attempt to tell you what I know and excuse me if it's not a 100% correct let me know if you know I'm wrong and I can fix it in the post.
OK so Andra Pradesh is the state that I am in. There are three regions the Coast with a lot of resources, fertile lands and the like. Telangana area in the south where Telugu (language) is most prevalent. And the north which was always apart of Andra but has less resources. There are very mixed feelings about the state splitting into Andra and Telengana but one side thinks it's a bad idea because Telengana won't have enough resources to support itself and the people will suffer. the other side thinks that Telangana needs to be separate because they are a different people. Telangana means land of the Telugu people which is where the language originated I believe. the protesters are the young group and a few powerful authority figures and teachers.
Right now there are a handful of students on campus who are fighting for Telangana and there are signs that say Andra Pradesh but it's crossed out and Telengana state is written over it. Quite interesting.
Ok so there is a lot more to this and i'm not entirely sure about the rest so I would say just look u Telangana on google and see what comes up because it would be better at explaining it to you.
But today the protesters ordered a BANDH on Hyderabad which shuts down the city. So our classes are going to continue but it the teacher lives off campus there is a very great chance they won't make it to campus. Shutting down the city includes not only stores, and restaurants but also cars moving and trains and possibly moving people. If you are moving or driving you will be asked to stop and not go any farther, aka stranding you where ever you are and if you attempt to keep going your car will be stoned by the protesters. Pretty much don't leave campus. Hopefully this BANDH won't last all week because I want to go on our trip but if it turns out we can't then that's ok too. Cuz if you can get out of town chances of getting back in might be slim if this unrest is still going on.
Let me know if you need more info on this and I will talk to Ragany, Abashek, Sidath, or Paval and see if I can't get more info about it.