France, June 10, 2005
NRI press
French design firm Minelli has withdrawn a range
of shoes with the image of Lord Rama imprinted on
them. NRI, hindus worldwide are very happy to hear
this compay's decision.
Minelli, a France-based shoes retailer, had chosen
to use sacred images of Lord Ram, venerated by millions
of Hindus the world over, to sell its designer shoes.
HHR {Hindu Human Rights) requested all NRI Hindus
wordwide to contact Minelli to make their feelings
known on this subject. This was in spite of our well
known campaign to highlight how such trivialisation
of Hinduism leads directly and indirectly to the abuse
of Hindus the world over. Such ignorance leads us
to believe that this same organisation is probably
both indifferent and apathetic to the immense suffering
of Hindus: the ethnic cleansing they have suffered
in Pakistan, Kashmir and Bangladesh, and the discrimination
they suffer at the hands of Minelli’s very own
fellow Europeans. Indeed sometimes Western firms seem
totally devoid of all understanding when it comes
to the oldest civilisation on the planet. For this
reason we asked Minelli to respectfully withdraw the
offending products and issue an immediate apology.
