IT companies in Hyderabad start adding Bonalu and Bathukamma to their holiday lists!!

The information technology sector seems to be warming up to the Telangana sentiment, albeit in a different way.

Several IT companies have added the Bonalu and Bathukamma festivals to their list of holidays for 2014 in addition to the existing ones.

Interestingly, Bonalu is not even on the list of optional holidays declared by the government.

However, industry insiders say it varies from company to company and there is no fixed holiday list common to all companies.

Some IT companies have added Bonalu to their list of holidays, but the major companies are yet to make a move in this direction.

Companies have a fixed list of national holidays along with regional holidays specific to a particular state. They also have a list of floating holidays, which are very specific and they let employees choose from two or three from a list of about five or more.

Some IT companies like Genesis and Citadel have added Bonalu and Bathukamma to their holiday lists while others are changing the holiday list of previous years to welcome Telangana festivals into the list. This seems to be the first victory of Telangana Statehood movement even before the State is formed.