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Menu card
offends Sikh
WSN Network
Sikh community
staged a dharna in front of a restaurant on Museum Road on Sunday,
taking serious objection to jokes and pictures displayed on menu
card which, they said, hurt their sentiments.
The protesters
demanded a public apology from the hotel management and lodged a
complaint with the
Cubbon
Park police station.
Over 50 Sikhs
gathered in front of the restaurant, tore a copy of the menu card
and set it on fire, shouting slogans against the hotel. They marched
from the restaurant to the police station to file the complaint.
Gurudwara
Committee president Gursharan Singh told TOI that some words and
pictures depicted on the menu card humiliated members of the
community.
“A picture on
the card shows the holy Kirpan (sword) and turban kept along with
the footwear,which hurts our sentiments. The Kirpan and turbans are
highly revered symbols of our religion. The menu card projects Sikhs
in a bad light,” Singh said.
A fortnight ago,
one of the members requested a change in the menu, but the
restaurant management did not pay heed. As the authorities failed to
respond to repeated requests, community members held a meeting at
the Gurudwara and decided to stage a dharna, Singh said.
“Nobody should
hurt sentiments of other communities. If the hotel management fails
to tender a public apology through media or send a written apology
to the Gurudwara, Bangalore’s Sikh community – comprising 8,000
members - will stage a massive dharna to prevent them from carrying
out their business,” he warned.
21
May,
2008
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