[Reader-list] No Pizzas for Muslims (of Jamia Nagar)

[radhikarajen at vsnl.net]

Behen Fathima,

 without going into blame games which is favourite past time of all debates, my respectful submission is all driving vehicles in muslim dominated areas know the harrowing experience of driving any vehicle in ghettos. A slight touch to a child who loves to play on the road, whole mohalla joins to harass and dispence mob justice. It is true that poor irrespective of their faith are recollected only at the time of elections, for slogan shouting on daily wages.
  After the budget you might have seen the "farmers"  bundled out in vehicles for shouting the slogans for the queen and the prince of India. !That is the democracy in free India, where irrespective of faith or catse every citizen is not had the opportunity in life to have dignified living., education or life skills to earn. More divided the society, more are the chances of autocratic rule, not rule of laws, but rule of muscle and money power.!

Regards.

----- Original Message -----
From: "S.Fatima" <sadiafwahidi at yahoo.co.in>
Date: Monday, April 7, 2008 10:41 am
Subject: [Reader-list] No Pizzas for Muslims (of Jamia Nagar)
To: sarai <reader-list at sarai.net>

> Fast-food chains don't deliver in Delhi's Muslim
> ghetto
> 
> Fast-food chains like Domino's and McDonald's usually
> refuse home delivery in Jamia Nagar (in Delhi
> city)even though this dominantly Muslim neighbourhood,
> famed for its Jamia Islamia University, is close to
> their New Friends Colony (NFC) outlets. By the way,
> Jamia Nagar is not just another unplanned stinky
> ghetto--it has wide roads, spacious houses, and proper
> addresses. (See the story: Jamia Nagar - Delhi's Rich
> Muslim Ghetto)
> 
> "We don't deliver there," was the reply when The Delhi
> Walla called up Domino's (011-26933951-56) at NFC.
> Different responses on different calls: "we are
> sorry", or "we haven't started our service there yet."
> 
> 
> Ditto with McDonald's. "There are areas we don't
> deliver to and Jamia Nagar is one of them," says the
> lady manning the McDelivery desk. According to
> McDonald's India North & East, "McDelivery ascertain
> the delivery area on various internal assessments
> including the convenience and safe accessibility of
> the area within the permissible timeframe."
> 
> OK, fair enough.
> 
> It takes less then 10 minutes to drive to Jamia Nagar
> from McDoanld's. So is the place not safe enough? An
> unusually forthcoming employee at Domino's said, "It's
> not a good area. We deliver there only to special
> customers." 
> 
> Who are these mysterious special customers?
> 
> At least author Ms. Rakshanda Jalil, a Jamia Nagar
> resident who recently had luminaries like Khushwant
> Singh and Sheila Dikshit (Delhi Chief Minister no
> less) attending her book launch, is not special
> enough. She couldn't coax Domino's to deliver Veggie
> Delight with extra olives for her two daughters. 
> 
> "They go to faraway blocks of New Friends Colony and
> were delivering as far as Sarita Vihar but they won't
> come here which is closer", says Ms. Jalil. 
> 
> Now listen to the outlets' unofficial excuses:
> "customers there don't pay", "addresses are usually
> given wrong", and--this takes the pizza—"The Jamia
> University students forcibly take pizza boxes from
> delivery boys." 
> 
> Then why is Pizza Hut able to deliver, and deliver
> successfully, to Jamia Nagar? 
> 
> A quick phone call put things in perspective. Yes,
> Pizza Hut does deliver in Jamia Nagar. Yes, they have
> never faced problems. But sorry, they don't deliver
> after 7 pm. Reason? Traffic jam! Really? That's
> laughable. Jamia is essentially an university campus
> with verdant grounds and quiet libraries. Hardly the
> stuff traffic jams are made of.
> 
> Ms. Jalil says, "Nobody uses the M word. But clearly,
> they don't go 'out there' because a different sort of
> species resides out there!" 
> 
> Achha, those Mussalmaans!
> 
> 
> -------------------
> from:
> http://thedelhiwalla.blogspot.com/2008/04/dateline-jamia-nagar-no-
> pizzas-for.html
> 
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