Labour Day Celebration

Labour Day is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. Labour Day originated from the labour union’s eight-hour day movement which supported eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest policy.

Many countries like Malaysia associated Labour Day with international workers day, where we celebrate it on May 1. But other countries celebrated it on a different date which related with their own labour movement.

Let see which countries are celebrating on different date;

Australia

On the 21st of April, 1856, the first march for an eight-hour day by the labour movement occurred in Melbourne. But the Labour Day public holiday in Australia vary from different state and territory. In Australian Capital, South Australia and New South Wales it is celebrated on first Monday in October. Victoria and Tasmania are celebrating on second Monday in March and it is celebrated on first Monday in March at Western Australia.

Bahamas

Labor Day is a national holiday in the Bahamas, celebrated on the first Friday in June in order to create a long weekend for workers. The traditional date of Labor Day in the Bahamas, however, is June 7, in commemoration of a significant workers' strike that began on that day in 1942

Canada

Labour Day has been celebrated on the first Monday in September in Canada since the 1880s. The origins of Labour Day in Canada can be traced back to December 1872 when a parade was staged in support of the Toronto Typographical Union's strike for a 58-hour work-week.

Jamaica

In 1961, Jamaican Chief Minister Norman Washington Manley proposed the replacement of Empire Day with Labour Day, a celebration in commemoration of May 23, 1938, when Alexander Bustamante led a labour rebellion leading to Jamaican independence.

New Zealand

In New Zealand, Labour Day is a public holiday held on the fourth Monday in October. Its origins are traced back to the eight-hour working day movement that arose in the newly founded Wellington colony in 1840, primarily because of carpenter Samuel Parnell's refusal to work more than eight hours a day.

Trinidad and Tobago

In Trinidad and Tobago, Labour Day is celebrated every June 19. This holiday was proposed in 1973 to be commemorated on the anniversary of the 1937 Butler labour riots.

United States

In the United States, Labor Day is a federal holiday observed on the first Monday of September. It is customarily viewed as the end of the summer vacation season.[8] Many schools open for the year on the day after Labor Day.

Pakistan

First labor policy in Pakistan was framed in 1972, in which May 1 was declared an official holiday. The creation of the Social Security Network, Old Age Benefit Schemes and Workers Welfare Fund were also articulated. Pakistan’s constitution also contains various provisions and articles about labor rights.

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Who Would Play Mahabharatam Characters in South India - Part 2

Imagine if the Mahabharatam were to become a Tamil Blockbuster movie with current actors and actress. Below are the lists of actor/actress who I think suitable to play characters in Mahabharatam. 

In earlier post,  i have revealed the protagonists of this epic. Now let see some really interesting characters who was on the wrong side of Kurukshetram war.

1. Bhishma - Ajith

Bhishma was blessed with wish-long life and had sworn to never ascend to the throne and serve the ruling Kuru king. He was the grand uncle of both the Pandavars and the Kauravars. He is an unparalleled archer and warrior. 

2. Dhritarashtran – Vijay Sethupathi

Dritarashtran, the blind King was the brother of Pandu and the father of the Kauravars. He is also was the uncle to the five Pandavars, with whom his sons fought the Kurukshetra War.

3. Duryodhanan - Aari

Duryodhanan was the eldest Kauravar and the epic's main antagonist who think he was the righteous next to be King of Hastinapur. He nurtured a deep rooted hatred for the Pandavars. 

4. Karnan – Ajmal Ameer

Known as "Danveer" Karnan, he was a gifted warrior and was righteous and generous to a fault. Karnan was one of the greatest warrior whose martial exploits are recorded in the Mahābhāratam and the only warrior believed to be able to defeat Arjunan in battle.

5. Shakuni - Prakashraj

Shakuni was one of the main villains in the Mahabharatam .He is believed to be an extremely intelligent but deceitful man. Shakuni is often credited as the mastermind behind the Kurukshetra War.

6. Dushasanan – Bobby Simha

Dushasanan is fiercely loyal to his older brother Duryodhanan. He is also closely involved in the various schemes and plots to kill the Pandavars. He was the Kauravar who tried to disrobe Draupadi.

7. Guru Dronacharyar- Arjun

Guru Dronacharyar was the royal guru to Kauravars and Pandavars. He was a master of advanced military arts, including the Celestial weapons or Divya Astras. Arjunan was his favorite student. 

8. Gandari -  Anjali

A Gandhari voluntarily blindfolded herself throughout her married life. Gandhari, after an unusually long period of pregnancy, bore a hundred sons, (collectively known as the Kauravars), and one daughter, Dushala, 

9. Aśhvatthāman – Arun Vijay

He is the son of guru Dronacharyar. Aswatthaman is believed to be the lone survivors of kurukshetram war and still living. 

10. Shalyan – Kishore

Shalyan was the most famous king from Madra. He became the Comander of the Kauravar army on the last day of the Kurukshetram War. 

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Who Would Play Mahabharatam Characters in South India

Imagine if the Mahabharatam were to become a Tamil Blockbuster movie with current actors and actress. Below are the lists of actor/actress who I think suitable to play characters in Mahabharatam. 

1. Shantanu - Mammoty

Shantanu was a Kuru king of Hastinapura and great-grandfather of the Pandavas and Kauravas. He is the father of Bhishma.

2. Satyavati – Nathiya

Satyavati was the queen of the Kuru king Shantanu of Hastinapur and the great-grandmother of the Pandavar and Kauravar princes 

3. Pandu – Srikanth

The father of the Pandavas and rightful King of Hastinapur instead of his blind brother, Dhritarashtran. Pandu was an excellent archer and Maharathi. 

4. Kunti – Priyamani

 Kunti was the wife of King Pandu of Hastinapur and the mother of Pandavar and Karnan who she bore to Surya, the solar deity.

5. Viduran – Prasanna

Barring Krishnan, Viduran was most respected as an adviser by the Pandavars. He was the half-brother of Pandu and Dhritarashtran and arguably one of the wisest characters in the epic.

6. Sri Krishnan - Jiiva

Sri Krishnan was the mortal incarnation of Lord Vishnu and the principal protagonist with Arjunan in Mahabharata.  

7. Yudhisthiran - Naren

The eldest Pandavar, Yudhisthiran was wise, just and kind: the most noble of all the brothers. For his piety, he was known as Dharmaraja the Righteous King.

 8. Bhiman – Ganesh Venkatraman

The mightiest of the five Pandavas had a fiery temper. Bhiman is responsible for slaying all hundred Kauravar brothers in the Kurukshetra War.

9. Arjunan - Siddarth

A gifted archer and warrior, Arjunan the protagonist of the Mahabharata with Krishnan was Guru Drona's favourite. 

10. Nakulan and Sahadevan –Gautham Karthik (in a double role)

Nakulan and Sahadevan were twins born to Madri (Pandu’s second wife), who had invoked the Ashwini Kumaras using Kunti's boon.

11. Draupadi – Amy Jackson

Draupadi was wife to the five Pandava brothers and the chief female protagonist in Mahabharata. She was the most beautiful woman of her time.

12.Dhrishtadyumnan – Neil Nithin Mukesh

He was the commander of the Pandavar army during the Kurukshetram War. Dhrishtadyumnan killed Drona, the royal guru, when he was meditating, which was against the rules of engagement

13. Abhimanyu – Kishore Goli soda

Abhimanyu inherited both courage and fighting ability from his father, Arjunan, and his grandfather, Lord Indra. He was considered to be an equal to his father owing to his prodigious feats

14.Balaraman – Vidyut Jamwal

Balarama taught both Duryodhanan and Bhiman the art of fighting with a mace. When war broke between the Kauravars and the Pandavars, Balaraman cared for both sides, and so remained neutral.

15. Ghatotkachan – Manoj Bharathiraja

Ghatotkachan is the son of Bhiman and his maternal parentage made him half-rakshasan and gave him many magical powers and important fighter in the Kurukshetram war, the climax of the epic.

Lets wait for the some really interesting characters who was on the wrong side of Kurukshetram war. Who are suitable to play them? See you on next post.

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