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Social CEO issues apology for 'blasphemous' decor of Goregaon pub

Goregaon Social design was meant as a satirical statement against the ever growing trend of overt consumerism and the culture of advertising where people are made to feel inadequate and unhappy unless they buy more and more things.

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The pub - Goregaon Social in Mumbai suburbs
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After the interiors of a pub in Goregaon East drew flak from the Bombay Archdiocese, the Chief Executive Officer of Impresario Entertainment & Hospitality Pvt Ltd, which runs the pub, has offered an unconditional apology.

Riyaaz Amlani, the CEO of the group that runs the pub Social across the country, issued a statement saying, “For this error I offer a complete and unconditional apology on behalf of our group. Goregaon Social design was meant as a satirical statement against the ever growing trend of overt consumerism and the culture of advertising where people are made to feel inadequate and unhappy unless they buy more and more things.”   

The Bombay Archdiocese had said that the decor was blasphemous leading the police to book the ‘persons responsible’ for hurting religious sentiments. “In no way was there any intent on part of Social to disrespect or hurt sentiments that are sacred to any community. On the contrary it is a call to move away from the pursuit of material things and instead focus on the spiritual pursuits. The intended message is that money and things cannot buy you happiness,” the statement read. Also informing that the imagery have been removed.

The NGO, Watchdog Foundation, had approached the Dindoshi police to complain against the pub. “The Tabernacle has been the backdrop of the bar while the seating arrangements are like Church pews which has been inscribed with the texts from the Holy Bible,” Nicholas Almeida of the NGO had said.

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