Coke and a frown.Chennai, India The Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited, a subsidiary of the U.S.-based Coca-Cola Company, has threatened one of India's most prominent artists with a lawsuit if he doesn't remove a billboard. Sharad Haksar photographed a Coca-Cola sign alongside water jugs and a dry pump and posted it on a billboard in the city of Chennai to draw attention to water shortages near Coca-Cola's bottling plants Noun 1. bottling plant - a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps industrial plant, plant, works - buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles" . On July 11, Coca-Cola warned that it was seeking about $45,000 from Haksar for "incalculable in·cal·cu·la·ble adj. 1. a. Impossible to calculate: a mass of incalculable figures. b. Too great to be calculated or reckoned: incalculable wealth. damage to the goodwill and reputation of Coca-Cola." The company sought a written apology apology [Gr.,=defense], literary work that defends, justifies, or clarifies an author's ideas or point of view. Unlike the ordinary use of the word, the literary use neither implies that wrong has been done nor expresses regret. . Haksar says he will not oblige because he has not done anything wrong. He has threatened a countersuit coun·ter·sue tr.v. coun·ter·sued, coun·ter·su·ing, coun·ter·sues Law To bring proceedings against (a plaintiff) in direct opposition to a suit brought against onself. . For more information, go to www.Indiaresource.org. Haksar's artwork is available on www.sharadhaksar.com. |
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