RACIAL, CULTURAL DISCRIMINATION UNACCEPTABLE, SAYS TOP COURT

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over what it described as continuing cultural and racial discrimination faced by people in various parts of the country, calling such behaviour “unacceptable in a nation that prides itself on unity in diversity.”

- Utkarsh Anand

Recalling a recent incident in which a man from Kerala was ridiculed in Delhi for wearing a lungi, the court observed that such prejudice persists even outside the context of religion, and must be taken seriously by both the Union and state governments.