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Netizens Laud Haldiram's Staff For Her Amazing Restraint After Reporter Questions 'Urdu' Description On Packaging
Writer: Tashafi Nazir
For most people, journalism sounds hectic and chaotic. For her, it's a passion she has been chasing for years. With an extensive media background, Tashafi believes in putting efforts on presenting a simple incident in the most interesting way.
India, 6 April 2022 11:24 AM GMT
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While he is a massive sports fanatic, his interest also lies in mainstream news and nitpicking trending and less talked about everyday issues.
Creatives : Tashafi Nazir
For most people, journalism sounds hectic and chaotic. For her, it's a passion she has been chasing for years. With an extensive media background, Tashafi believes in putting efforts on presenting a simple incident in the most interesting way.
In the viral clip, the reporter got into a verbal altercation with an outlet manager and attempted to accost her on a Haldiram’s product packaging holding instructions that she claims are written in Urdu.
Amid the hijab row, halal meat and Azaan debate, Haldiram's has come under discussion on Twitter after a video went viral wherein a TV reporter from an Indian news channel was seen heckling an employee in one of its stores.
In the viral clip, the reporter got into a verbal altercation with an outlet manager and attempted to accost her on a Haldiram's product packaging holding instructions that she claims are written in Urdu. The reporter claims that the outlet has tried to "hide" or "promote" something by writing the instruction in Urdu, News18 reported.
The outlet manager retorts and says, "Ma'am if you want to have it, you can have it. If you don't want to have it, you can leave it here and go."
She also asked the reporter if people from three communities in India come to the outlet, who may know three languages- English, Hindi, Urdu- why she (the reporter) was hell-bent on reading only the Urdu prescription. "Aap ko Urdu hi kyun padhni hain, ma'am? English aur Hindi bhi hain wahan pe aap ke liye," she tells the reporter. A man in uniform, presumably a police official, can also be seen at some points in the clip.
Netizens React To Controversy
The episode drew widespread condemnation on social media, with some suggesting the writing on the packet is Arabic and is there because it is exported to the Middle East, while others supplied examples of everything from Indian Railways signages to currency notes using Urdu text, NDTV reported.
Reportedly, the instruction was printed on 'Falhari Mixture' packaging. The front of the packaging is written in English, while a part of the description on the back is purportedly in Arabic. The pack also holds the 'vegetarian' symbol.
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