South Delhi restaurant denies entry to woman for bizarre reason; video goes viral
Saree may be a national outfit for women but that did not stop a restaurant in South Delhi mall from barring a woman from sporting one. A video of the incident that has now gone viral displays a woman being denied entry into the restaurant at Ansal Plaza with employees saying that her saree did not come under the “smart casual” dress code.
Riled by the incident, journalist Anita Chaudhry, shared the clip of the episode on Facebook and captioned it, “Listen carefully to this video as there is a restaurant in Delhi where saree is not a smart outfit.”
“After that, numerous reasons were given against the saree but I was disallowed to sit in the restaurant because saree is not a smart outfit in our India, Bharat, Hindustan,” the caption read.
“The humiliation that took place because of my saree yesterday was bigger and heart-wrenching than any other insult that i have faced till now,” she added in the caption.
Anita also shared the clip on her YouTube channel.
“I am married. I was married in a saree. I have two daughters and my family and I love it when I wear saree,” said the journalist on her YouTube channel.
"I am a saree-loving person. I love Indian attires, I love Indian culture. I believe saree is a most elegant, fashionable and pretty attire,” she added.
Furthermore, Anita cited that some parts of India do not see saree as a "smart-wear".
"I ask Prime Minister, Home Minister, Delhi CM, Delhi Police and National Commission of Women to tell me the concrete meaning of ‘smart outfit’ so that I can stop wearing a saree," she said.
All lines of mall authority were temporarily ceased when we tried to talk to them.
After that, NCW's Rekha Sharma took matters into her own hands and stood against this uncalled for incident.
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First published: 22 September 2021, 17:29 IST
