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

[S.Fatima]

Behen Radhika
If we don't want to get into blame game, then why do
we blame only Muslim ghettos for harrowing driving
experience? Delhi itself has so many kinds of ghettos,
each ready to join the mob when something untoward
happens. And before one can start putting the words
"Muslim" and "ghetto" together, one needs to ask who
creates the ghettos. Why is it that you can't break a
traffic rule on Parliament street without getting
away, but you can break several rules in Jamia Nagar
and no one will bother. The police actually allows
illegal constructions, illegal parking, illegal
throwing of garbage, and illegal encroachment on the
road in Jamia Nagar, which they would never do at
Aurangzeb Road. Simple because no higher official is
coming to see their work at Jamia. Its only when a VIP
visits the area, roads get swept. So, who creates the
ghettos? 



--- radhikarajen at vsnl.net wrote:

> 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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