Posted by: Stiffler September 8, 2011
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Rajat
First of all if you really are an Indian as you claim, then welcome to the forum; you are welcome even if you are not :)
Let's have some civil discussion here since so far you have tried to reason.
The owner has full rights to the name he chose, as much as we have the right to criticize.
You claim that by bringing this thing up we are hurting our own countryman. I agree with you there, his business might suffer slightly; or you could make a case that he is getting a free publicity. Whatever the case is, the bigger point is what's right and what's wrong.
Did the owner commit a crime by chosing that name? I don't think so. It is not blatantly offensive or foul. Does it have some negative connotation? Slightly. Could he have chosen a better name; heck yes.
I understand that he wanted to preserve the "India's oven" franchise tag along with the restaurant. But understand that words could have different meanings.
Since Nepal immediately follows "India's", naturally one would believe that the implication is that Nepal belongs to India.I am not as senstive to be offended by this; but I can see why others are, slightly.
Now about harming our own countryman, that's a weak point.Would that mean just to support a country man, we should be ok with every name he puts there? "Indian Buddha Bar", "India's Everest grocery?"
This is not an issue that bigets further argument and fight; but I also want to point to you where the others are coming from and they are not good-for-nothing war mongers.
First of all if you really are an Indian as you claim, then welcome to the forum; you are welcome even if you are not :)
Let's have some civil discussion here since so far you have tried to reason.
The owner has full rights to the name he chose, as much as we have the right to criticize.
You claim that by bringing this thing up we are hurting our own countryman. I agree with you there, his business might suffer slightly; or you could make a case that he is getting a free publicity. Whatever the case is, the bigger point is what's right and what's wrong.
Did the owner commit a crime by chosing that name? I don't think so. It is not blatantly offensive or foul. Does it have some negative connotation? Slightly. Could he have chosen a better name; heck yes.
I understand that he wanted to preserve the "India's oven" franchise tag along with the restaurant. But understand that words could have different meanings.
Since Nepal immediately follows "India's", naturally one would believe that the implication is that Nepal belongs to India.I am not as senstive to be offended by this; but I can see why others are, slightly.
Now about harming our own countryman, that's a weak point.Would that mean just to support a country man, we should be ok with every name he puts there? "Indian Buddha Bar", "India's Everest grocery?"
This is not an issue that bigets further argument and fight; but I also want to point to you where the others are coming from and they are not good-for-nothing war mongers.