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Members of Sikh community stage protest

Members belonging to the Sikh community staged a protest in the city, raising serious objection to jokes and caricatures printed on the menu card of a restaurant.

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BANGALORE: Members belonging to the Sikh community staged a protest in the city, raising serious objection to jokes and caricatures printed on the menu card of a restaurant, which offended the 'sentiments' of the Sikh community, a spokesperson of the community said.
   
"About 60 members belonging to our community staged a peaceful protest in front of the restaurant yesterday and also lodged a complaint with the Cubbon Park police station against the owner of the restaurant", Raj Kamal Singh, Manager, Ulsoor Gurudwara said on Monday.
   
"Our Sikh bretheren who had been visiting this restaurant "Angeethi" owned by a Sindhi, noticed that each and every page of the menu card not only had jokes on Sikhs, portraying them as dumb, but also their caricatures, sporting a turban and a sword along with shoes, which is very offensive", he said.
   
"The turban (Pagadi) and sword (kirpan) have been bestowed upon us by our Guru, Guru Nanak Dev and is an essential part of the Sikh identity. The Kirpan specially is never sported along with shoes. It really hurts the sentiments of the community, which is basically peace loving", he said.
   
"While the manager of the hotel assured us that he would withdraw the menu card and get new ones printed, we are yet to speak to the owner, who is out of town", Singh said.
   
"In case the hotel authorities do not comply with our appeal, we will then decide about the further course of action", he added.
   
The cosmopolitan city has a Sikh population of nearly 10,000.

 

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