Comments | zarq: WTF?

zarq

WTF?

Aug 21, 2006 23:57

"A new restaurant in India's financial hub, named after Adolf Hitler and promoted with posters showing the German leader and Nazi swastikas, has infuriated the country's small Jewish community.'Hitler's Cross', which opened last week, serves up a wide range of continental fare and a big helping of controversy, thanks to a name the owners say they ( Read more... )

hitler, india, mumbai, naziism, racism, culture

Comments 17

stilldocked August 22 2006, 00:16:37 UTC

Damn those wogs! You know what we need to straighten them out? The return of the Raj!

idunn August 22 2006, 02:11:52 UTC

Pardon my lack of civility here, but WTF??

idunn August 22 2006, 02:12:30 UTC

I mean seriously, WTFF? Next to open: Pol Pot's Crockpot! Buffet Tuesdays!

chaptal August 22 2006, 02:24:30 UTC

Mmm, Pol Pot Stickers.

idunn August 22 2006, 02:47:27 UTC

Your icon details the best - and my favorite - visual sight gag to show up in all of film, let alone Hard Day's Night. Rock on, man.

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rparvaaz August 22 2006, 03:47:25 UTC

I noted the distinct lack of outraged response from the non-Jews living in Mumbai, all one of them quoted in the article.

zarq August 22 2006, 07:31:50 UTC

I did look for papers which one expressed the viewpoints of residents of Mumbai before posting. All the papers I looked at ran similar stories. If you find evidence to the contrary, quoting Mumbai residents who aren't "amused" by the restaurant theme, I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd post it. Otherwise, this article is all we have to go on.

BTW, in counting Mumbai residents, you missed the Mayor of Navi Mumbai and their former mayor, both of whom apparently felt the restaurant's theme was acceptable enough to endorse the opening. Even though they weren't quoted, their tacit approval is apparent. Otherwise, they'd no doubt have expressed outrage and left.

rparvaaz August 22 2006, 09:18:29 UTC

I wasn't counting Mumbai residents, but was counting those who were quoted. As for expressing outrage and disapproval, it would depend on just what they know about Hitler. You might wish to check out my post on the topic, or you can just reflect on what Solomon said. He went straight to the heart of the problem.

zarq August 22 2006, 13:43:19 UTC

Thanks. Didn't know you had posted about it.
I'll take a look now.
~J

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happydog August 22 2006, 05:54:06 UTC

This is a side of India that I don't like ( ... )

rparvaaz August 22 2006, 10:03:02 UTC

The scary thing is that no one really addresses this issue of Hindu Aryanism at all. This is one of the largest and most populated countries in the world, equipped with atomic weapons, and no one is paying any attention at all to a rising tide of dark nationalism. And the Indians themselves don't really speak of it.That is so amazingly incorrect. What you call 'Hindu Aryanism' and 'dark nationalism' is called 'Hindutva' over here. Mid to late 1980s saw the rise of the phenomenon, and while there was always a debate on the ideology, the topic nearly completely dominated the national political scene from the destruction of the Babri Masjid [1993] till we voted out the BJP govt in 2004. Try googling for 'Hindutva', 'Hindutvavadi policies', 'saffronisation' to start with and you'd be delugd with Indian discussions on the topic. And that is just on the web. There have been books, articles, political protests, supreme court cases and judgments against the practice of Hindutva policies, just about everything you can think of, leading upto an ( ... )