04-10-2007, 12:15 AM
Not sure if this would be the exact thread to post this, nevertheless..
Narayana Murthy's pretty disappointing when he states this:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"<i>We had arranged for five people to sing the anthem. But then we cancelled it as we have foreigners onboard here. They should not be embarrassed while we sing the anthem</i>," said Infosys chief mentor Narayana Murthy.
As per the protocol, the national anthem was played twice at Infosys campus here as President A P J Abdul Kalam stepped in and out -- the only difference being, it sounded like a bad arrangement of musical notes. In other words, the anthem, which should command the utmost respect from all true-blue Indians, did not get its due, from whoever was responsible -- the speakers at the do or the person who âorchestratedâ it.
Which made many wonder: Among the 5,000 employees, most of them Indians, wasnât there a decent group of singers who could sing the anthem of the country without discomfiting its first citizen?
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Somebody was heard, asking: âWas it too much to pay due attention to the revered symbols of the nation just so that a small percentage of foreign trainees donât get fidgetyâ. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
National anthem could make foreigners at Infy uneasy
At every American baseball game, national anthem is sung and respected despite some foreign players in the team or thousand others in audience. Since when's anyone else 'embarassed' by a host singing his national anthem in his own nation in presence of it's President?
Narayana Murthy's pretty disappointing when he states this:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"<i>We had arranged for five people to sing the anthem. But then we cancelled it as we have foreigners onboard here. They should not be embarrassed while we sing the anthem</i>," said Infosys chief mentor Narayana Murthy.
As per the protocol, the national anthem was played twice at Infosys campus here as President A P J Abdul Kalam stepped in and out -- the only difference being, it sounded like a bad arrangement of musical notes. In other words, the anthem, which should command the utmost respect from all true-blue Indians, did not get its due, from whoever was responsible -- the speakers at the do or the person who âorchestratedâ it.
Which made many wonder: Among the 5,000 employees, most of them Indians, wasnât there a decent group of singers who could sing the anthem of the country without discomfiting its first citizen?
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Somebody was heard, asking: âWas it too much to pay due attention to the revered symbols of the nation just so that a small percentage of foreign trainees donât get fidgetyâ. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
National anthem could make foreigners at Infy uneasy
At every American baseball game, national anthem is sung and respected despite some foreign players in the team or thousand others in audience. Since when's anyone else 'embarassed' by a host singing his national anthem in his own nation in presence of it's President?