NEW DELHI – Indo-British billionaire Gopichand Hinduja, who has faced corruption charges in India, tried to give a clever analogy of the Commonwealth Games chaos but ended up insulting Sikhs with his insensitive comments.
“It will be like a rough and ready Punjabi wedding where, amid the caparisoned elephants, brass bandsmen in grubby Sergeant Pepper suits and celebratory gunfire, one or two guests might be wounded by a stray bullet and no one will know whether it’s going ahead until the turbaned groom arrives at the very last minute on a clapped-out old nag,” Hinduja told a British newspaper.
“It’s only in Europe and America where weddings are planned three or four months ahead, the bride’s dress is ready and the guest list finalized,” he said
Many local Sikhs took exception to Hindujas comments, saying he should watch what he says about the Sikh community.
“He could have used a general Indian wedding analogy to describe the games mess but he chose to deliberately bring in a “turbaned” groom into the picture,” said Raj Singh, who was incensed that Hinduja was directing the comments at India’s Sikh Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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