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Adolf Hitler is back in news. One version is somewhat similar to that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, according to which a British historian claimed that Hitler never committed suicide, but in a massive cover-up left the country, aided by the Nazis. The second news doing the rounds on social media is the photograph of the ‘Hitler Ice-Cream’.
This is a small-time ice-cream brand being sold in Uttar Pradesh. However, ever since it has caught the attention on social media, people haven’t been too pleased with the humour. (Also Read: Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide? Historian claims massive cover up, infamous dictator escaped with wife)
@bencomics but the move from that to Hitler Ice Cream is bizarre; it should really REALLY taste bad. If there’s any justice in this world.
— Vernon Reid (@vurnt22) May 30, 2015
Neeraj Kumar, the owner of the product told Hindustan Times, “In our Uttar Pradesh village, anyone who has a ‘karak mejaz’ is called Hitler. One of my uncles is a short-tempered and strict man, so we nicknamed him Hitler. While naming this particular batch of cones, I thought why can’t we have a little fun at the expense of my uncle and name the cones after him! That was how the name originated.”
Even as the Daily Mail reported that the cones are available all over India, Kumar said that they are sold outside the country. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor didn’t seem too pleased with it and wrote on Twitter, “Height of tastelessness; Indian ice-cream named after Hitler. Would the Germans name a sausage after Godse?”
Height of tastelessness; Indian ice-cream named after Hitler. Would the Germans name a sausage after Godse? http://t.co/fr4KuvQ15h
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 29, 2015
“Large sections of Indians are not aware of who Hitler actually was and what the Holocaust meant. They do not understand the long-term implications of using Hitler as a brand image and the culture that it brings with it,” N Bhaskara Rao, founder–chairman of the Centre for Media Studies, told the Hindustan Times
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