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Zomato delivery case: How a hungry man became India's new face of bigotry

The Jabalpur-based business consultant attempted to dictate who would deliver his Zomato order

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Nikita Puri
Who: Earlier this week, Jabalpur resident Amit Shukla kicked up a storm on social media when he asked food delivery company Zomato to change his rider because the latter was not Hindu. Shukla is a business consultant who uses “Pandit” as a prefix and whose Twitter handle describes him as a nationalist and proud Hindu. Zomato describes the delivery executive assigned to him, Faiyaz, as someone who hopes to finish his higher education some day.

What: In a series of tweets, Shukla shared screenshots of his conversation with Zomato customer care where he brings up the Hindu holy month of