In the recent days it has become a trend to insult Indian tri-colour and Hindu Gods with offending merchandises. Even after so much protests, it still continues. It is time for the people with integrity to raise their voice in protest to the continuous insult towards the sentiments of Indians.
Now again amazon Canada has come with a listing of doormat themed with Indian tri-colour. People who love and nourish in the dignity of India has raised their voice against these kind of insult. Amazon is known for its irresponsible attitude while merchandises that insults and inflict pain on the sentiments of people.
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People from India has found the unwelcome sight of the doormats when they visited the Amazon’s website. The doormats were described as "Personalised Durable Machine-Washable Indoor/Outdoor" items and featured a stylised version of the tricolour. They were available on Amazon.ca's marketplace from the vendor XLYL. XLYL lists similar doormats featuring the flags of countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States.
The listings for the doormat with the Indian flag was posted on Facebook by Phoenix-based Ratnesh Mishra. The presence of the product had irked the Indian-origin browsers and a few started a social media campaign targeting Amazon for allowing the product online.
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Mishra, said that a similar incident had occurred in the summer of 2016. "This is really pathetic and (due to the) ignorance of such a big e-commerce organisation. This is not the first time we have fought against them," he said.
The Canadian chapter of the Overseas Friends of the BJP has criticised and said in a social media post that it "condemns insult of the Indian flag".
"No business should engage in denigration of the flag of any country. The Amazon business group should apologise and withdraw the product that denigrates Indian flag. Otherwise, people will reject Amazon for hurting their sentiments and engaging in unethical business practices," it said.
Prabhat Joshi, said he was offended by the listing and has messaged the seller that: "For Indians, having (a) national flag on the doormat is an insult. Indian flags are hoisted with highest respect."
The vendor was identified as Hana Houdek and has responded to the requests and removed the listings, which no longer appear on Amazon.ca's searches.
People like Mishra aren't satisfied with the response. He has sought an "assurance" from Amazon that "this will never happen again".
By Premji
