{"id":581,"date":"2014-06-05T09:35:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T09:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indonesiagarment.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/belgium-belgian-garment-company-withdraws-offensive-undergarment\/"},"modified":"2014-06-05T09:35:01","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T09:35:01","slug":"belgium-belgian-garment-company-withdraws-offensive-undergarment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indonesia-product.com\/news\/belgium-belgian-garment-company-withdraws-offensive-undergarment\/","title":{"rendered":"BELGIUM: Belgian garment company withdraws offensive undergarment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BELGIUM: Belgian garment company withdraws offensive undergarment<br \/>\nBharatTextile.com (subscription), India<\/p>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n<p>BRUSSELS: A Belgian garment company has withdrawn an undergarment with the picture of Lakshmi, The Hindu goddess of wealth.<br \/>\nThere were strong protests from the Indian community in Belgium for the use of religious sysmbols on undergarments and the company has apologized for doing so.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It said that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are sorry for having offended you, but it wasn&#8217;t intentional&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The firm is known as DOD who has 17 outlets in Brussels and has asked all 3 shops to take them out of shelves. The shops sell garments for men.<\/p>\n<p>The company has requested the Indian community to accept the apologies rendered by the company.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kapoor Chand Prem, President of Association of Trading in the Saint-Josse municipality of Brussels had lodged a complaint with DOD and asked them for immediate withdrawal of the garment from circulation.<\/p>\n<p>We can not tolerate insult to our religion and culture, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sumit Chatterjee, a long-time Indian resident in Belgium said &#8220;I was deeply shocked and astounded to see the picture of our Goddess Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth printed on an undergarment being displayed at your shops\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n<p>It is still not known in which country the undergarment was manufactured and whether it is on sale in other countries also.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BELGIUM: Belgian garment company withdraws offensive undergarment BharatTextile.com (subscription), India BRUSSELS: A Belgian garment company has withdrawn an undergarment with the picture of Lakshmi, The Hindu goddess of wealth. 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