A Fortune magazine cover depicting Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as Hindu deity Vishnu has sparked anger in the Hindu Community.
The cover illustration shows Jeff Bezos, as Vishnu, holding a lotus in his left hand, while showing off Amazon logo on the right palm.
The US based magazine's cover story titled “Amazon Invades India,” is about the global e-commerce giant's penetration into the Indian market –one of the fastest growing markets for Amazon.
The outrage against the cover also spilled onto social media soon after the latest edition of the magazine hit newsstands. “Ok, cool @FortuneMagazine now do one with Bezos as Jesus in honor of Black Friday?” American technologist and blogger Anil Dash tweeted. “Also, many Indian people (like my dad) were born under colonial rule. So a headline discussing a corporate ‘invasion’ is probably not ideal,” he said in another tweet.
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