A matter of buns puts BJP in a pickle
Cream buns sold at Coimbatore’s Annapoorna outlets in Coimbatore on September 14, 2024.
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Eight months ago, there was a controversy in Tamil Nadu over a film called Annapoorani. It shows the protagonist, a Brahmin woman, going against her beliefs in order to become a top chef in India. In one scene, she learns how to prepare a meat dish. Several right-wing groups claimed that the scene “hurt” the religious sentiments of the Hindu community, especially Brahmins.Over the past week, a new controversy grabbed headlines in the State, this time over Annapoorna, a popular chain of vegetarian restaurants, known as the ‘pride of Coimbatore’. This too was centred around food. On September 11, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited Coimbatore to attend a couple of e...