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07-11-2016, 05:01 PM
Delhi airport official racially harasses activist, asks if she's 'really an Indian'
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In a viral Facebook post, an activist from the **rth-eastern Indian state of Manipur has written about being racially harassed by an immigration official at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, who asked her if*she was "really an Indian" and if she could list all the states in the country.*
Monika Khangembam 's post reached*India's external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who promised to investigate the matter.
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On Facebook, Khangembam *wrote that she was travelling from Delhi to Seoul for an international conference, when she was asked a ****** of offensive questions by an immigration official."You don't look Indian," he remarked, first asking her the number of Indian states and then to name the states surrounding her home state Manipur.
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In a viral Facebook post, an activist from the **rth-eastern Indian state of Manipur has written about being racially harassed by an immigration official at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, who asked her if*she was "really an Indian" and if she could list all the states in the country.*
Monika Khangembam 's post reached*India's external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who promised to investigate the matter.
SEE ALSO: Indian man harasses flight attendant for a selfie, then *****s in the plane (http://mashable.com/2016/06/28/jet-airways-flight-attendant-harassed-selfie/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
On Facebook, Khangembam *wrote that she was travelling from Delhi to Seoul for an international conference, when she was asked a ****** of offensive questions by an immigration official."You don't look Indian," he remarked, first asking her the number of Indian states and then to name the states surrounding her home state Manipur.
Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/11/manipur-activist-delhi-airport-indian/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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