Film maker Ashish Avikunthak on Saturday claimed that he was denied entry into a Kolkata mall for wearing a dhoti, which was denied by the mall authorities.
The Facebook post by the director, which triggered outrage in the social media, said:
Denying entry into the neo-colonial clubs of Kolkata is nothing new. But today I was denied entry into the .... mall because I was wearing dhoti (which I have been wearing for the last 26 years). On resisting and questioning I was told that we have orders because of security reasons to prohibit entry of people in lungi and dhoti. I was eventually allowed in because I could argue in English and assert myself.