Tailin Lyngdoh (File) Tailin Lyngdoh (File)Four days after a Khasi woman was told she looked like a “maid” and asked to leave a table at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC), a joint statement by her and her employer has asked the Club to “review its policies and practices regarding domestic workers”, and to avoid “racial stereotyping”. Nivedita Barthakur-Sondhi, whose son’s governess, Tailin Lyngdoh, was asked to leave a lunch hosted by a member of the club last Sunday, said the non-official committee set up to probe the incident would serve “no constructive purpose”. She also said such a committee set up at the behest of the DGC “may not manifest itself in the public eye to be independent and impartial”. Sondhi said they had also submitted a statement giving their account of the incident to Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju. We will continue to co-operate with all governmental and quasi-judicial agencies in aiding the completion of the inquiry into this incident,” she added.

Source: Indian Express June 29, 2017 23:48 UTC