Hairstylist Jawed Habib, known for his line of hair salons across the country, recently had an ad put out in his company’s name for the upcoming Durga Puja, which did not go down well with some people.
The print ad showed Goddess Durga, along with her children Kartik, Lakshmi, Saraswati and Ganesh, having a relaxing day at Habib’s beauty parlour. The tag said, “Gods too visit JH salon.”
The sight of the goddesses and gods putting on make-up and counting money hurt the religious sentiments of many, and they made their anger clear on social media.
Why alwyz hindu gods?#javedhabib I believe he also belongs to outsider community #RohingyaMuslims#BoycottJawedHabib
Habib issued an apology and assured that action will be taken on the same.
Speaking to ANI, Habib said, “The ad was prepared not by us directly, but by one of our master franchise in Kolkata. Everyone needs to understand that Jawed Habib is a franchising company; and we have around 22 master franchises with 500 partners, so they need to take permission from us. I don’t know what happened this time as they did not take permission. But whatever it is, he is my partner and ‘his mistake is my mistake’. It is a blunder and all I can say is SORRY!!”
Along with apologising for the ad, Habib said that being abusive on social media is not the answer or solution to any problem.
“People know Jawed Habib for the last 30 years; and I can only talk of hair language or styles. Being an Indian; I am apologetic but the common man needs to understand things, rather than abusing. Using abusive language is not the answer. This is a mistake and I pledge and request that this will not happen again. And I Earlier in the day, Habib issued an apology and wished everyone for the upcoming festive season and Durga Puja.will also take action against the one who objected to this in a negative way,” he said.
Earlier Habib issued an apology and wished everyone for the upcoming festive season and Durga Puja.
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