A day after a mob created ruckus outside a Karachi Bakery outlet in Bangalore, the company has issued a statement on Saturday, February 23 clarifying that it was established in India in 1953.
#KarachiBakery pic.twitter.com/S5KHB7Nm0b
— Karachi Bakery (@KarachiBakery) February 23, 2019
Khanchand Ramnani, who had migrated to India during partition, founded the Hyderabad-based bakery. There are several outlets of the hugely popular bakery in different parts of the country.
Twitter users underlined that it is a matter of shame that the company has to issue a statement of this nature and give a proof of “patriotism”.
Terribly sad that this explanation even need be put out https://t.co/72qAFVDIO3
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) February 24, 2019
Please stop this 😭 https://t.co/9hMrZDDpvs
— Nidhi Thakur (@ChhotaRecharge) February 24, 2019
You DO NOT get to set the terms for anyone else’s patriotism. No one owes you an explanation for how much they love their country. That’s personal.
You wanna change a name? Leave bakeries alone. Quit naming your kids Chintu.
Peace.
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) February 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/JagrutiVerma/status/1099574005839863809
You shouldn't need to clarify this..#KarachiBakery https://t.co/5IBkXuvarR
— Nithin Vasu (@nithin_vasu) February 24, 2019
Has it come down to this? https://t.co/nv9cVXeVTj
— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) February 23, 2019
We live in a world where bakeries have to prove their patriotism now. https://t.co/hFnmXSDMYU
— अंशुल (@Ghair_Kanooni) February 23, 2019
Congratulations to the chest-thumping nationalists for conducting surgical strikes against halwas and cupcakes. Shameful, utterly shameful… https://t.co/8RO9amDS9u
— Kabir Taneja (@KabirTaneja) February 24, 2019
"In conclusion please do not murder and dismember us and set our establishment on fire in the name of Hindu nationalism because it happens to be named after a city that used to be part of this nation because we are just a fucking bakery" https://t.co/6bTm2wac90
— rabia O'chaudry (@rabiasquared) February 24, 2019
Well done India! Hopefully we'll rectify our mistakes from 5 years ago soon. https://t.co/aW2l7SvJWT
— Abhimanyu Sen (@abhimanyusen) February 24, 2019
where a business has to declare its Hindu antecedents to prevent being burned to the ground by angry mobs. and those who whip up angry mobs.
We should be collectively ashamed of the hate mongers, and need to isolate them before they infect others. https://t.co/rlGLxiHA8A
— Harini Calamur (@calamur) February 24, 2019
Some Twitter users even highlighted that even if the bakery was not Indian, it should not have been attacked.
Even if it were not Indian, absolutely no call to vandalise and abuse the brand. Food is supposed to unite us all. Hope the miscreants are punished. https://t.co/E4EKrAWc5G
— Chitra Narayanan (@ndcnn) February 24, 2019
In the aftermath of the February 14 Pulwama attack, several incidents of violence have been reported across the country. On February 22, a mob outside a Karachi Bakery outlet in Bengaluru’s Indiranagar demanded the name of the bakery be changed and forced the bakery to cover the word “Karachi”. The manager reportedly had to put an Indian flag up to satisfy the mob. As per a reports, other outlets of the bakery in Bangalore have also been receiving threat calls since February 17.
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