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[quote=Anonymous]NP, and another Hindu. I know not all jobs work this way, but in the case of my work (research-based), I could easily work Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, etc, and take off Hindu holidays. Most of my colleagues are similarly working on research projects with flexible due dates. 
I do wish more companies would just give vacation time/holidays as a 'bank'. If the work gets done, why does it matter? I would happily work Xmas Eve/Xmas in exchange for Diwali. I realize not all jobs are like this, but a fair number of them are already, or could be, with some tweaking.

I understand the concern about kids getting off for Diwali/Eid in MCPS and their parents having to arrange for care (who don't get off from work), but there is probably some work-around if we looked for it. A single-day camp? or perhaps still having school as scheduled, but not making it a day where kids have tests, for example, and maybe instead focusing on cross-cultural studies.  IDK what the solution is, but just saying 'you're such a small group, your holidays don't matter' is rather sad for such a supposedly pluralistic society.

The strong reactions are baffling. In India, where Christians make up only 3% of the population, my parents always got off from school/work for Xmas Eve and Xmas (and this was in the 50s and 60s!).  And I don't actually think of India as an open-minded place but in this instance, its far ahead of the States. [/quote]

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