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U.S. Indians Get "Ganesha Sandals" Apology and Product Removal

http://sify.com/news/offbeat/fullstory.php?id=13048912&vsv=39

 

UNITED STATES, April 30, 2003: An American company has apologized

for introducing sandals emblazoned with Ganesha images and has

promised to withdraw them from stores immediately. The sandals were

cause for concern among Hindus in the U.S. and hundreds wrote in to

the website of IndiaCause, an activist organization, to protest

against American Eagles, the firm that produced the sandals. An

IndiaCause release said the company has apologized for the

sandals. "We will remove these flip-flop shoes from our stores in

order to maintain the good will and our customer relations with the

Hindu community," Neil Bulman, Jr.,Vice President and General

Counsel of American Eagles, wrote in a letter to the organization.