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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

INDIA's first step to restoring it to its golden era, thanks to Zomato.

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Zomato is setting the example of sab ka saath.

Most of us have cherished and desire to restore India to its golden era that existed while we were growing up. I appeal to the blind people consumed with hate for others that goodness always brings freedom, peace, and prosperity. Harassment, lynching, beating, raping, revenging and making other people's life difficult will make your own life miserable. It will not give you food or clothing, but misery. The blatant discord, lynching, and harassment of fellow Indians is going on unchecked, and this is not the character of India.

If the big corporations take a similar stand as Zomato corporation did, more good companies will start taking a stand. Corporations must keep the employees together and thus the nation together. More Indians will be happier when goodness surrounds them. It is our nature to rejoice when people get along within families, communities, and nations.

Mr. Modi should consider awarding Zomato for setting the genuine example of sab ka Saath, the public has already given the recognition for the do-good corporations.

None of the religions teach, yes, none of the religions teach to discriminate and make fellow humans miserable. If you hear bad things about a group of people or their religions, it is not true. Study the religions, they are beautiful. All of us are going to die in accidents or natural death, why live with hate for others, why not find mukti and live freely. When will our politicians, preachers, teachers, and parents stop poisoning our children? When our kids grow up, they will work with people of different faiths, races, cultures, and ethnicities, let's make their lives better, and enjoyable for them to work with different people. My kids went to every temple, mosque, gurdwara, church and synagogue in Dallas, thank God they have zero prejudice towards anyone, and the are happy with whoever they work with. If you would like to understand the essence of real Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Bahai, and other faiths learn from its practitioners and not distorters who have been poisoned with hate instead of love, learn first hand from its practitioners. I will be organizing workshops in Dallas and DC - Please remember in Dallas we did 780 hours of Radio show - 104 hours each for Christianity, Hinduism and Islam and 52 hours on Sikhism, Bahai, Atheism, Buddhism, Jainism, and others. I had started the commercial radio in Dallas in 1996. And we did two sets of workshops on 12 faiths from Atheism to Zoroastrianism. The more people learn about the other, the freer they will be and live a much better quality of life. We are looking for sponsors for this program. Please check out http://centerforpluralism.com/workshops/
The following story of Zomato is very uplifting.


Mike Ghouse
Center for Pluralism 
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Courtesy - Indian Express

This is my India, thanks to Zomato for the restoration


he responses by the company and its founder were liked by all and many joined their forces to slam the man for his crude and obnoxious remarks.

Trend Desk, Indian Express

Man cancels order over delivery person’s religion, Zomato wins hearts by taking stand

A man cancelled his order on app-based food delivery service Zomato because the delivery person was from a different religion. But Zomato responded by taking a stand and is getting a lot of praise for it on social media.




A user of the app complained to Zomato about how the service had “allocated a non-Hindu rider” to deliver an order. He added that the company said “they can’t change rider and can’t refund on cancellation”. Infuriated with the cancellation charges, the man threatened the service with legal action.
“@ZomatoIN is forcing us to take deliveries from people we don’t want else they won’t refund and won’t cooperate I am removing this app and will discuss the issue with my lawyers,” the user tweeted.

Just cancelled an order on @ZomatoIN they allocated a non hindu rider for my food they said they can't change rider and can't refund on cancellation I said you can't force me to take a delivery I don't want don't refund just cancel
@ZomatoIN is forcing us to take deliveries from people we don't want else they won't refund and won't cooperate I am removing this app and will discuss the issue with my lawyers


The man also shared a conversation with the company’s helpdesk, which had wanted to know what the issue with the rider was.
“We have Shrawan and I don’t need a delivery from a Muslim fellow”, the man wrote in the conversation.
The company replied that the cancellation after the delivery person has picked the order would cost the user Rs 237. The user alleged that the company blocked him from accessing the details of his order on the site.
Now the history of my latest order has been blocked I asked them to cancel they did it why aren't they showing details on the site they can show that I ordered cancellation without refund they did so



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As the man’s complaint garnered attention, the company took to Twitter to reply: “Food doesn’t have a religion. It is a religion.”
Then company’s CEO Deepinder Goyal also weighed in with a tweet in which he stood by the company’s decision.
“We are proud of the idea of India – and the diversity of our esteemed customers and partners. We aren’t sorry to lose any business that comes in the way of our values,” he wrote.
The responses by the company and its CEO was liked by many, who also slammed the customer for his remarks. Many also observed that not getting food delivered by a person from another religion had no basis in Hinduism.
Utter shit! Ppl like them are the blot on this nation. When you see such ppl' post, your day is screwed. @ZomatoIN I've enjoyed your service but never ever could imagined that shitty logic! God save this country from these hooligans. As they say, jingoism is the new patriotism🤧 https://twitter.com/ZomatoIN/status/1156429449258250240 



We are proud of the idea of India - and the diversity of our esteemed customers and partners. We aren’t sorry to lose any business that comes in the way of our values. 🇮🇳 https://twitter.com/ZomatoIN/status/1156429449258250240 
Thank you for being brave. Very rare in the cowardice-filled Corporate world.

Get ready for troll attacks, App deinstalls, one or two IT raids perhaps, and lots of barbs. In short, the standard toolkit.



We are proud of the idea of India - and the diversity of our esteemed customers and partners. We aren’t sorry to lose any business that comes in the way of our values. 🇮🇳 https://twitter.com/ZomatoIN/status/1156429449258250240 
Fantastic! I think here you lost one but gained a million.. Well Done, @ZomatoIN!



We are proud of the idea of India - and the diversity of our esteemed customers and partners. We aren’t sorry to lose any business that comes in the way of our values. 🇮🇳 https://twitter.com/ZomatoIN/status/1156429449258250240 
ThankYou @ZomatoIN fr upholding n respect fr food as best possible response to a bigot who disrespect his own believe n faith by being such a low life nobody!Downloading @Zomato app now to welcome all delivery personnel with dignity n care.



We are proud of the idea of India - and the diversity of our esteemed customers and partners. We aren’t sorry to lose any business that comes in the way of our values. 🇮🇳 https://twitter.com/ZomatoIN/status/1156429449258250240 
Well said! Rare to find corporate voices publicly rejecting the growing hate and bigotry. 👏👏



Just cancelled an order on @ZomatoIN they allocated a non hindu rider for my food they said they can't change rider and can't refund on cancellation I said you can't force me to take a delivery I don't want don't refund just cancel
bro you're the reason for all the problems in this world, i hope you know many non Hindu's also work for twitter so pls delete your tweet.



Just cancelled an order on @ZomatoIN they allocated a non hindu rider for my food they said they can't change rider and can't refund on cancellation I said you can't force me to take a delivery I don't want don't refund just cancel
Stop using petrol too that comes from the gulf the Muslim country....
Cos India is the largest importer of crude oil from Gcc countries... (Muslim countries)



Just cancelled an order on @ZomatoIN they allocated a non hindu rider for my food they said they can't change rider and can't refund on cancellation I said you can't force me to take a delivery I don't want don't refund just cancel
Please remove pandit from your name because you have neither knowledge, nor wisdom, or compassion or humility to be a true brahmin. Btw the word Brahmin comes from Brahm and Mann. The one whose mind becomes one with Brahm. And your mind is in the gutter.
Get well soon.



Just cancelled an order on @ZomatoIN they allocated a non hindu rider for my food they said they can't change rider and can't refund on cancellation I said you can't force me to take a delivery I don't want don't refund just cancel
You should also always call the restaurant & ensure that your food is also cooked by a Hindu. Ideally a Brahmin, Pandit Ji.
And you should most defn not use Zomato which has some Chinese ownership.
Have some shame and be a true patriot, a true Sanskaari and a true Hindu Brahmin.



Just cancelled an order on @ZomatoIN they allocated a non hindu rider for my food they said they can't change rider and can't refund on cancellation I said you can't force me to take a delivery I don't want don't refund just cancel
Why don't you grow your food? Do take /use cash used/touched by Muslim? How do you know that?@Zomato @ZomatoIN well done💐



Just cancelled an order on @ZomatoIN they allocated a non hindu rider for my food they said they can't change rider and can't refund on cancellation I said you can't force me to take a delivery I don't want don't refund just cancel
Why not fast the whole savan?
Maybe the world will also be relieved with your Bigotry



We are proud of the idea of India - and the diversity of our esteemed customers and partners. We aren’t sorry to lose any business that comes in the way of our values. 🇮🇳 https://twitter.com/ZomatoIN/status/1156429449258250240 
Well said ! Wish we had more of your kind in the corporate world who stands against hate and bigotry in the name of religion. Food doesn't see any caste or religion then why should the person consuming it see otherwise. 🙏 RESPECT



Just cancelled an order on @ZomatoIN they allocated a non hindu rider for my food they said they can't change rider and can't refund on cancellation I said you can't force me to take a delivery I don't want don't refund just cancel
@ZomatoIN Pls do share our support to Faiyaz, the delivery guy. And permanently block this guy from your services if you really care about your delivery guys.


This isn’t the first time a service provider has been targeted over their religion. In 2018, a VHP activist’s tweet bragging about cancelling a cab booking because the driver was Muslim provoked outrage and condemnation.