Have a Coke and a Smile
This image is getting the Indian photographer who created it into a lot of trouble.
"Mr. Haksar's billboard highlights the severe water shortages being experienced by communities that live around Coca-Cola's bottling plants across India. A community close to Chennai, in Gangaikondan, has already held large protests - protesting against an upcoming Coca-Cola plant. In the neighboring state of Kerala, in the village of Plachimada, Coca-Cola has been unable to open its bottling facility for the last 16 months - because the community will not allow it to. Coca-Cola is in serious trouble in India. A massive rural movement has emerged to hold the company accountable for creating water shortages and polluting the remaining water and soil."
Understandably, Coca-Cola's lawyers seek to avoid highlighting the negative side of their business...
Sharad Haksar's website is here.