The dreadful terrorist attack carried out by the Pakistan-based militant group, Jaish-e-Mohammad,
took the lives of 40 CRPF personnel in Kashmir’s Pulwama district on
February 14th. The country is yet to recover from the shock loss and the
situation in India has turned more hostile than ever.
And with revenge on the mind, India has been cutting all ties with Pakistan following the suicide bombing episode. From the ‘Most Favoured Nation’ tag being taken off to the BCCI thinking of not playing Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, from movie releases being canceled to Pak artists being banned from the Indian film industry, India is making it clear that the two nations can’t be ‘friends’ anymore.
And now, the Karachi Bakery in Bangaluru’s Indiranagar, has faced the fury of Indian citizens.
And with revenge on the mind, India has been cutting all ties with Pakistan following the suicide bombing episode. From the ‘Most Favoured Nation’ tag being taken off to the BCCI thinking of not playing Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, from movie releases being canceled to Pak artists being banned from the Indian film industry, India is making it clear that the two nations can’t be ‘friends’ anymore.
And now, the Karachi Bakery in Bangaluru’s Indiranagar, has faced the fury of Indian citizens.
Soon after the Pulwama tragedy, people in Bengaluru have been demanding the closing down of the Karachi Bakery & Cafe which was started by a Sindhi partition survivor Khanchand Ramnami in 1952 after he migrated to Hyderabad in 1947. The reason? The name ‘Karachi’ which comes from a city in Pakistan.
#KarachiBakery was started by a man from Sindh named Khanchand Ramnani, who settled in Hyderabad after Partition. We are behaving like Fools when demanding the name Karachi to be removed. Bombay/ Delhi/ Calcutta restaurants are there all over Pakistan. https://t.co/FhmQlEX2K2— Onir (@IamOnir) February 23, 2019
However, on Friday, the popular cafe saw an unidentified mob gather outside the outlet, with their demand for taking down the signboard. Though the cafe managed to save their signboard, they had to cover it with a poster in order to silent the group. They also got the cafe to hang an Indian flag on the front window above the signboard.
According to News18, not only the Indiranagar branch but the other branches of the cafe have also been receiving threats. The police confirmed that they got a call for help from the Indiranagar branch on Friday.
The Karachi Bakery has been a trending topic on Twitter since Friday, with most of the people slamming the mob for the act.
The jobless goons in Bengaluru who want Karachi bakery name changed have zero understanding of history: when you can't give a real 'mooh-tod' jawaab, we resort to these cheap gimmicks. All to keep 'nationalist' outrage factory working..— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) February 23, 2019
This is sheer nonsense, Karachi Bakery covered "Karachi" not sure if out of fear or by force, but why?— Arshit Pathak (@arshpath) February 23, 2019
Now If that Punjabi singer have to replace Lahore from "Lagdi Lahore Di Aa" Can't think of any similar sounding Indian town.. pic.twitter.com/oJOtLxq9fS
Few unidentified people arrived at Karachi Bakery in Bengaluru's Indiranagar and demanded that the name of the bakery be changed. The people running the bakery covered the word 'Karachi' and displayed the India flag to pacify and diffuse the situation. pic.twitter.com/zaqGAK6vvt— Prajwal (@prajwalmanipal) February 22, 2019
Karachi Bakery was started by a man from Sindh named Khanchand Ramnani, who settled in Hyderabad after Partition....but what do illiterate vigilantes unleashed by the Sangh Parivar know about being refugees and losing the place that is home https://t.co/4JGlkJW1q6— anjali mody (@AnjaliMody1) February 22, 2019
Protesters thronged KARACHI bakery in Indiranagar, Bangalore and demanded that Karachi part on sign board must be covered because of Pulwama attack. Protesters THOUGHT BAKERY WAS OWNED BY A PAKISTAN COMPANY. pic.twitter.com/jsVMCdrkj5— Nagarjun Dwarakanath (@nagarjund) February 23, 2019
Karachi Bakery was founded by Khanchand Ramnani, a #Sindhi who was forced to leave #Pakistan during partition of #India. Attacking its branch in Bengaluru is such a shitty move. It has to remain 'Karachi' to remind us of the home lost by Sindhis @sindhustan #HindustanVsPakistan— Sapna Moti Bhavnani (@sapnabhavnani) February 23, 2019
via- storypickWe are a nation full of jingoistic unquestioning idiots. So easy to control, even easier to rile up. https://t.co/GKaFeLDHcm— Sangita Nambiar (@Sanginamby) February 23, 2019
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