Being Ideatic !!

An idea, an idea, a kingdom for an idea.

          In the winters of Delhi, sitting on the comfort of my sofa, at 2.30 AM I make myself feel at ease with the idea of making a blog or a website, that caters to the niche segment of restaurants serving Halal food.

Will this work ?,  would people like it ? I don't know.

Will this be of any use or benefit. Yes of course. If it is going to be of some use to me then why not to others.

Well these were some of the questions that I had been asking myself lately and debating over and over again when this !dea first hit me. Google for good sites on restaurants and eating joints, you will find some of the best sites that you can traverse through. But I had a pain point. Being a person who can only eat Halal food or when we talk in terms of meat then that meat only which is slaughtered in a Halal way, Whenever I visited a restaurant I had to ask the waiters or managers of restaurant ..'bhai ye aapke yahan chicken/mutton Halal hai na?' and most often than not I used to get an answer ..' haan saab hamare yahan Halal hi hota hai', 'confirmed halal', '..are hamare yahan ke supplier wo Khan saab hain..aap fiqar na kiye..Halal hai', '..manager se pooch ke aata hoon'. '..pata nahi saab..waise sab khate hain aap bhi kha liye kharab nahi milega hamare yahan'...blah blah blah

many a times my colleagues would ask me to determine the venue..'bhai tu hi decide kar kahan jana hai..acha nahi lagta hum boti todein aur tum paneer pe guzara karo :) ', but i used to say ..' yaar tum hi dekh lo jahan jana ho mujhe nahi pata..kuch bhi kha lunga..i don’t have a problem'

oh boy !,  for a non-vegetarian like me and who loves to explore food specially various varieties and dishes of the chicken and mutton, it was painful to eat paneer and smile at the same time on some greedy morons poking a fun at me with their drums-of-heaven

Well, on this chilly night, reflecting back on all of that agony and feeling the pain of scores of the likes of me, I decide to go ahead with this idea of having a website which would list all restaurants that serve Halal Food specifically meat slaughtered in a Halal way.

Was this going to be easy, no a mammoth task lies ahead of me identifying and providing the right information and making it easily available and searchable and ofcourse Free !! both for the restaurant owners and the end users.

I started looking for some like minded individuals and got 3 of my friends to partner with me and make this project successful. Another of my friend offered his services to develop our technology solution at a bargain price.

Tons of thanks to my partners, who believed in what I believed and came together with loads of passion.

Lo and Behold, HJI is shaping up and becoming ready to serve and become useful.

What future lies ahead, only time will tell. But we would do our best to provide a solution to scores of individuals who hesitate to try out new joints and places just because they don't know where to find a restaurant that serves Halal food.

GoodNight and Have a good life :)

Eat Halal, Stay Healthy !!

With Love,
Shajee