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[h=1]Perhaps one the advantages of learning a Foreign language in India.......!!
Kolkata mall denied entry to this man because he wore dhoti, but was allowed later when he argued in ‘English’[/h][h=2]People have slammed the mall authorities and asked how Indian attires were unacceptable in India. People have started a campaign online to boycott the mall.[/h]We have heard stories from the British Raj era, where men in Indian attires, such as dhoti were not allowed in clubs, eateries and other public places. But it seems, the colonial hangover is still looming in erstwhile British capital — Kolkata. It’s strange how in 2017, one man wearing an Indian attire was not allowed inside a mall in the country.
In a Facebook post, a resident of Kolkata Deboleena Sen alleged that a man was not allowed to enter Kolkata’s shopping centre, Quest Mall, just because he was wearing dhoti along with a kurta. But he was allowed later to enter as he argued with the guards in English! Unbelievable, right?
Sen herself was shocked and irked by this kind of “racial profiling” and called it disgusting. In her post, she wrote, “Apparently wearing dhoti or lungi isn’t allowed in this particular mall anymore. This form of racial profiling has induced in our society so much that it’s disgusting.”
She elaborated further what happened at the mall and posted two videos and a photo on her Facebook wall, that has gained attention and is going viral. In less than 6 hours, it had more than 1,500 shares and video had garnered about 1 lakh views, at the time of filing the story.
In her post, she stated that after stopping them from entering the mall, through Walky-talky the guards informed some people from the management and “then let him enter only because the man in question argued in ENGLISH.” To support her claim, she even furnished a video that shows the man questioning a ridiculous norm and wanted an explanation.
Read more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/tr...llowed-later-as-he-argued-in-english-4752200/
Kolkata mall denied entry to this man because he wore dhoti, but was allowed later when he argued in ‘English’[/h][h=2]People have slammed the mall authorities and asked how Indian attires were unacceptable in India. People have started a campaign online to boycott the mall.[/h]We have heard stories from the British Raj era, where men in Indian attires, such as dhoti were not allowed in clubs, eateries and other public places. But it seems, the colonial hangover is still looming in erstwhile British capital — Kolkata. It’s strange how in 2017, one man wearing an Indian attire was not allowed inside a mall in the country.
In a Facebook post, a resident of Kolkata Deboleena Sen alleged that a man was not allowed to enter Kolkata’s shopping centre, Quest Mall, just because he was wearing dhoti along with a kurta. But he was allowed later to enter as he argued with the guards in English! Unbelievable, right?
Sen herself was shocked and irked by this kind of “racial profiling” and called it disgusting. In her post, she wrote, “Apparently wearing dhoti or lungi isn’t allowed in this particular mall anymore. This form of racial profiling has induced in our society so much that it’s disgusting.”
She elaborated further what happened at the mall and posted two videos and a photo on her Facebook wall, that has gained attention and is going viral. In less than 6 hours, it had more than 1,500 shares and video had garnered about 1 lakh views, at the time of filing the story.
In her post, she stated that after stopping them from entering the mall, through Walky-talky the guards informed some people from the management and “then let him enter only because the man in question argued in ENGLISH.” To support her claim, she even furnished a video that shows the man questioning a ridiculous norm and wanted an explanation.
Read more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/tr...llowed-later-as-he-argued-in-english-4752200/
