Beef Vindaloo

Despite urgent please by the Vatican, the violence in Orissa has intensified. There have been reports within the last couple of days of renewed attacks by agitating mobs. This time though, the violence has been directed at the offices of a leading cellular phone service provider. Marauding mobs have vandalised as many as 11 offices of the company in different parts of the state. According to sources, the mob see the company’s latest advertising campaign as a direct insult to their recent efforts. They consider the ad campaign to be insulting their sentiments especially at a time when they are grieving the death of their spiritual leader and are trying to honour his death by killing several more people.

The advertisement in question depicts a Catholic school principal educating villagers through the use of a cellular phone. The cell phone connects the school teacher with several students in different remote villages. The campaign also includes an ad that depicts village men reciting grace before their afternoon meal. The ad has been severely criticised by the protestors and their leaders who see it as encouraging their enemies. There has been no decision from the company regarding withdrawing the commercial as a result of the attacks against their offices and employees.

There have been no reports of any injury to the employees at the company’s offices. Security forces are already stretched in their attempts at keeping the mobs away from any more violence. The authorities have no announced whether they will be requesting more help from the centre in their attempt to bring the state back to a state of “as normal as it gets.” Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will personally visit the victims in order to offer his help and prayers. There is not a single person in the state of Orissa who thought this “idea” was anything other than sheer lunacy.

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