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'Social apartheid' in India claim

An Indian film director says he was a victim of 'social apartheid' after he was refused entry to a luxury mall because he was wearing a traditional garment known as a dhoti. Ashish Avikunthak says he was only allowed in when he proved he could speak English. Newsday's Rahul Tandon - outside the mall in Kolkata - described what a dhoti is.

(Pic: Ashish Avikunthak speaking to a shopping mall security guard; Credit: Screengrab from video posted on Facebook by Deleena Sen)

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