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Actress Shilpa Shetty Faces Racism In Australia

Shilpa Shetty is the popular Bollywood actress who was a heartthrob for many. She is one of the senior heroines in Hindi film industry who was married to a businessman Kundra. She is popular both on the big screen and also small screen. The successful actor turned entrepreneur is in the news now as she has faced an unpleasant experience at Sydney airport.

Shilpa Shetty Racism
Shilpa Shetty Racism

Apparently, this is not the first time that she faced racism and it was in 2007, she faced the same while boarding a plane from Melbourne to Sydney. The actress took to her Instagram to reveal her awkward experience and expressed her unpleasantness.

Revealing her experience, she said, “Travelling from Sydney to Melbourne and at the check in counter met a grumpy #Mel ( that’s her name)who decided it was “OK” to speak curtly to “US” ( Brown people!!) travelling together ,I was flying business and had 2 bags (my allowance)and she insisted and decided my half empty Duffel bag was oversized( to check in!!) So she sent us to check it in at the other counter dealing with “Oversized luggage” ..there a Polite lady(yes this one was) said ..”this ISN’T an oversized bag, pls check this in manually if u can at another counter” ( all this happening while the counter is going to shut in 5 mins) As the manual check in wasn’t going thru for 5 mins( we tried) I went upto #Mel and requested her to put the bag thru as her colleague said it wasn’t an oversized bag.. She refused again.. Just being adamant especially when I told her this is causing a lot of inconvenience .. We had no time to waste so we ran to the oversized baggage counter and requested her to put the bag through which she did after I told her that #Rude #Mel had issues !!!…. to which another colleague joined in an reiterated my duffle wasn’t oversized and could’ve easily been checked in.”

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Subject: #Qantas airways @qantas This should get your attention! Travelling from Sydney to Melbourne and at the check in counter met a grumpy #Mel ( that’s her name)who decided it was “OK” to speak curtly to “US” ( Brown people!!) travelling together ,I was flying business and had 2 bags (my allowance)and she insisted and decided my half empty Duffel bag was oversized( to check in!!) So she sent us to check it in at the other counter dealing with “Oversized luggage” ..there a Polite lady(yes this one was) said ..”this ISN’T an oversized bag, pls check this in manually if u can at another counter” ( all this happening while the counter is going to shut in 5 mins) As the manual check in wasn’t going thru for 5 mins( we tried) I went upto #Mel and requested her to put the bag thru as her colleague said it wasn’t an oversized bag.. She refused again.. Just being adamant especially when I told her this is causing a lot of inconvenience .. We had no time to waste so we ran to the oversized baggage counter and requested her to put the bag through which she did after I told her that #Rude #Mel had issues !!!…. to which another colleague joined in an reiterated my duffle wasn’t oversized and could’ve easily been checked in. The point is .. This piece is only for #quantas airlines to know and take cognisance .. that their staff must be taught to be helpful and TONE can’t change with preference to #COLOUR .”WE” are NOT #pushovers and they MUST know that being #callous and #Rude will NOT BE TOLERATED ?✋??. Ps: Please tell me if that bag in the picture is oversized??!! @australia @visitmelbourne @travel #truthmustbetold #bemused #uncalledfor #standup #equality #whatswrongisnotright #instapic #travelwoes #shocking #nightmare #notcool

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NBK releases innovative video of Sydney Telugu Association 25 year’s celebrations

MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna recently grabbed attention during with his mythological get up at the Lepakshi Festival that happened on March 31 and April 1.

NBK Sydney Ugadi Sambaralu
NBK Sydney Ugadi Sambaralu

He has released a promotional video briefing about his Sydney Telugu Association 25 year’s celebrations tour. He was invited as a chief guest for Sydney Telugu Association 25 year’s celebrations. In the video, he revealed the importance of Telugu across the world.

People from various sections on social media find the video very attractive. On the work front, he is currently prepping up for his next.

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Music director faces Racism at the Sydney international airport

Noted Tamil music composer Santhosh Narayanan, who has worked for a good number of biggies including Superstar Rajinikanth’s Kabali and Venkatesh’s Guru, alleged that he had been subjected to ‘Racial Profiling’ at the Sydney international airport.

Santosh Narayanan
Santosh Narayanan

The music director took to Twitter to vent out his apathy saying he was interrogated by the airport officials and asked to give a chemical substance test. He added that such humiliation had happened to him for the 8th time, only because of his race. He asked the airport management to stop harassing passengers based on their race.

“I was “randomly” picked up for the 8th time in a row at the Sydney airport for a chemical substance test and a rude officer insulted my intelligence. Racial profiling needs to stop. @SydneyAirport,” he tweeted.

Narayanan is currently working for Rajinikanth’s upcoming film Kaala.

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