New Delhi: Salman Yusuff Khan, a prominent choreographer and member of the Dance India Dance troupe claims that he was harassed at Bangalore airport despite being a native of the city for not speaking Kannada. He sent a lengthy letter on social media. A video outlining the entire situation was also posted by him.
Salman Yusuff Khan share his experience
Salman Yusuff Khan, known for his work on Dance India Dance and other programmes, recorded a lengthy video on YouTube in which he claimed that Bengaluru airport staff harassed him for not speaking Kannada. In a video from the airport, he explained his scenario. His caption was a lengthy post that was posted along with this.
It can be read, “@kempegowdainternationalairport on my way to dubai and I meet this immigration officer who speaks to me in Kannada and I in my broken Kannada try to tell him that I understand the language but can’t speak so well to which he continues to speak in Kannada and shows me my passport and points out my name and my birth place and my fathers name and his birthplace and has the audacity to tell me that .. you and your father are born in bangalore and u can’t speak Kannada (sic).”
His note further read, “To which I replied that being born in bangalore doesn’t mean I’m born with the language. I could be born in Bangalore and travelled the world like I have been always a Saudi child bought up in Saudi (ps: I have never had Kannada as a language as I never lived in the country during my schooling .. what ever little that I know is through my friends) to which he goes to the extent of saying that if u can’t speak Kannada I can suspect you (sic).”
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He also wrote, “I told him that I know my nations official language Hindi and my mother tongue is Hindi why should I know Kannada. I asked him again suspect me for what?and he says I can just suspect you for anything. I told him, TRY ME. And got a little louder and repeated TRY ME thrice. To which he kept quiet. I told him that if uneducated people like you continue to live in this country this country will never grow. To which he just kept his head down and murmuring (sic).”
His note concluded with, “Trying to report this incident to the airport authorities but no one seems to be guiding me. Well this is wht I get to represent my city and win national accolades that I have to prove my self to these uneducated Brutes. @blrairport Ps: I am a proud bangalorean but what I’ve faced today is unacceptable. You should always encourage people to learn any local language not demean them for not knowing it and pulling your parents name into it (sic).”
Gauahar Khan’s reply to Salman Yusuff Khan’s post
After reading out the whole incident, Gauahar Khan replied, “Disgusting ! U should ve started singing the national anthem in Sanskrit n asked him, do u know full sanskrit ???? Damn uneducated idiots. But this is what’s happening in our country encouraged by hate spreading, polarising politicians. #shame (sic).”
Salman has worked on several TV programmes, including Dance India Dance and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.
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