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A new eatery called Hitler's Cross recently opened in the heart of Mumbai, India. The restaurant featured a swastika swastika

Equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, all in the same rotary direction, usually clockwise. It is used widely throughout the world as a symbol of prosperity and good fortune.
 in its logo and was decorated dec·o·rate  
tr.v. dec·o·rat·ed, dec·o·rat·ing, dec·o·rates
1. To furnish, provide, or adorn with something ornamental; embellish.

2.
 with posters of Hitler. "We wanted to be different," owner Punit Sablok Punit Sablok is the owner of the Cross Café restaurant - formerly known as Hitlers' Cross, located in Navi Mumbai, a northern suburb of Bombay, India. He attracted controversy by naming the restaurant after the dictator because it seemed to glorify Hitler, although Sablok claimed  told Reuters. "This is one name that will stay in people's minds." After an outcry, Sablok changed the name.
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Publication:The Progressive
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Date:Oct 1, 2006
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