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The Irani restaurant is one of Bombay’s great multicultural traditions, serving hearty working-class meals, hot tea and colonial throwbacks like bread pudding studded with sultanas. Irani restauranteurs demanded tolerance and mutual respect from their multi-faith clientele; demands were typically delivered via idiosyncratic exhortations hand-lettered on placards and strategically placed in key areas – at the cashier (No Bargaining), over mirrors (No Hair Combing), on the menu (No Beef), – and my favourite – on walls, mirrors or wherever space allowed (All Gods are Great).
To honour the spirit of this supreme Irani restaurant directive, I thought I would celebrate with a gallery of good and/or provocative festival advertising for this holiday season post – a sort of ”best of all gods” approach. I hope you enjoy them (let me know which ones are your favourites – or send in your own). A Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukkah, A Chillin’ Kwanzaa and a Freakin’ Fantastic Festivus to you.
Or whatever particular wish rings your bell, rocks your boat, or turns your crank baby.
Article: Creative Commons License 2011 Gavin Barrett, all images are the property of their respective copyright holders. Irani restaurant photograph from IraniChai, via flickr and Wikipedia contributor belasd.
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