2022 was the year of the boycott trend on Twitter and arguably, Bollywood faced the worst ire from those spreading the hashtag. From the current controversy over SRK-Deepika Padukone song ‘Besharam Rang’ from ‘Pathaan’ to companies like KFC, Hyundai, Flipkart and Amazon, here are some of the matters that got the boycott trend rolling this year. pic.twitter.com/CZx3kmTqXW— Prashanth Rangaswamy February …
Pro-Hindu organisations on Tuesday called for a ‘halal-free’ Diwali in Karnataka and demanded multinational food chains segregate halal and non-halal food items at their outlets. Right-wing groups like the Hindu Janajagruthi Samithi and the Sriram Sena have joined hands and demanded these companies not serve halal-certified meat to non-Muslims. READ | Bajrang Dal members attack Karnataka Muslim man selling 'halal' …
Earlier this week, on Februay 6, India’s Twitter space was abuzz with strong reactions over a post from the “HyundaiPakistanOfficial” Twitter handle supporting the so-called “struggle for freedom” in Jammu and Kashmir on the Pakistan- On the social media, Hyundai Motors faced calls for a boycott of its cars in India along with demands of an apology. The initial response …
The Pakistan arm of these companies had also put up posts on social media supporting separatists in Kashmir New Delhi: Pizza chain Domino’s and Japanese auto major Honda have apologised for hurting sentiments of Indians by social media posts of their business associates in Pakistan supporting separatists in Kashmir. pic.twitter.com/8II6XuLxb0 — dominos_india February 8, 2022 It further said, “We regret …
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