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Meghalaya woman in traditional costume asked to leave DGC premises for dressing up like a 'servant'

by IBNS 27 Jun 2017, 11:34 am

New Delhi, Jun 27 (IBNS): In yet another discriminatory behaviour meted out to the people of north-east by their north Indian counterparts, a Khasi woman wearing a traditional dress was asked to leave the Delhi Golf Club premises for 'dressing up like a 'servant'.

The shocking incident, which took place on Sunday, has invited heavy criticism from the seven sisters.

The woman has been identified as Tailin Lyngdoh, who works as a governess for Nivedita Barthakur Sondhi, an honorary health advisor to the Assam government.

She had visited the place along with Sondhi as a guest.

Following the incident, Sondhi took to social media to write about her companion's plight.

In her Facebook post, she alleged:

"An example of North Indian bigotry, chauvinism and ignorance: many of us have been slighted in the capital of India for being from NE part of the country and have lived to tell our tales! Today Tailin Lyngdoh, an extremely proud, Khasi lady who has travelled the world in her Jenseim from London to UAE was thrown out of the Delhi Golf Club because her dress was taken for a maid's uniform! Despite she being invited in her own right as a guest of a member. She was humiliated and the two gatekeepers of haute culture of Delhi, one Ms Sumita Thakur and Mr Ajit Pal, didnot even have the grace to apologise.