Urban Pind apologies

August 13th, 2008 2:01 am by neitham

Apology Issued By Urban Pind Management Following Incident of Racial Discrimination

A forward email update (from Rajni George) on the Urban Pind Incident:

Dear Friends,

You are probably familiar with the details of the incident of racial discrimination that took place at the Delhi lounge bar Urban Pind on Thursday, June 19th. That night, a young media professional from Nagaland was kept from entering a Delhi lounge bar, Urban Pind, on their expat night, because she was from the Northeast.

As there is no clear law against specific discrimination, the National Scheduled Tribe Commission was approached to intervene. The Commission, as a result, summoned the proprietors of the bar and sought an explanation for their behaviour. Following this pro-active mediation, the management of Urban Pind has issued a written apology to the victim of this discrimination and has clearly stated that they do not and and will not follow such a discriminatory door policy.

This incident has highlighted the need for more transparency in the door policies of Delhi bars and night clubs, so that such cases of blatant discrimination are not repeated.There was a lot of public support for this case, the first of its kind, from the very begining. Following media reports, over 200 concerned citizens organised a protest outside the establishment on the 3rd of July. They also spearheaded an online campaign on the popular networking site Facebook, with over 1000 members in the group titled ‘Boycott Urban Pind’. The case would not have been resolved so easily had it not been for such active public campaigning.

Press: to follow up please contact Enatoli Sema, the lawyer who has been handling this case, at enatoli@gmail.com or 9818139636.

To follow up on a continued campaign to end racial discrimination in Delhi’s public establishments and for full details re this incident, please see the Facebook group ‘Delhi Against Discrimination’ (‘Boycott Urban Pind’ till today, August 12th). Links to media coverage are on there, and also accessible below.

MEDIA COVERAGE

NDTV prime time coverage – India 60 minutes

NDTV show on YouTube

CNN IBN features the incident

Times Now

An article by Indian Express which first documented the incident

Time Out Delhi: Cover story on Northeast and a reporter’s diary specifically on this incident (please see hard copy for full coverage)

DNA

Also, do see the blog devoted to the fight against racial discrimination

We wrote to Enatoli Sema and she replied to confirm this.

9 Responses to “Urban Pind apologies”

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mirage_isme Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Hei hi chu a zia lo ngawt mai.
Discriminate duh loh chuan Bar velah kal loh mai tur em ni ? kanidar…
Four years chhung hian 5 times ka kal, nuam chu ka ti ve tho mahse N.E min hmuh dan hi a dang thei lutuk a, min hmu cheap tlat a hriat na hian ka thinlung a chapona chhete hi a chawk tho a, vai ngal sin bar a, kal ai chuan mah ni in ah pawh something vawt raih chu kan nei ve tho ka ti ta vel mai mai thin. hui ha !!!!
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wonderboy Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:28 am
@mirage
min hmu cheap tlat in ka hria i tih hi a dik luttuk. Hmeichhe thenkhat ‘one night stand’ ngam sarh ho te hian ‘min hre zui dawn chuang lo’ ti in an va inphal hawrh2 a, bakah hnamdang nen ‘ve reng2 teh ang’ emaw something vot raih min show na tur a ni chuan ‘pawi lo’ ti tawk hi an awm a. Mizo chauh nilovin tlangmi dang te pawh tiamin, Vai ho hian min hre hrang bik silo a hetiang mi vek tur a ngaihna an lo nei tawh thin si a. Chuvang chuan alawm NE hmeichhia te an hmu hniam bik kan tih kan tih na chhan hi. Hetiang ang ho hi zirlai/hnathawk zingah chuan awm ve tho mahse a tam zawk hi chu khualzin an ni duh chawk bawk.
Sawi zel chak awm viau mahse kanidari move kan ti bawrhbang palh ang duhtawk phot mai ang…haha
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kanidar Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Sawi bawrh2 rawh, tiang lam lam ka hre ve hleinem, min zirtir phawt loh chuan sawi ve tur ka hre nang, mi sawi eng ah pawr tawkin ngaihdan kan lo siam a nge

kan mirage lo enhniam tu chu ka va Ung-Fu chak emmmm, shalla
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mirage_isme Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:36 am
@wonderboi…ni e ti raw, tih theih kan nei tlem bawk si a, Mizoramah hian Bar te hi awm ve se, ” No Vai and Kutta” tih hi tar kulh ila…ha ha Vangchhia hian nuam a ti awm
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kanidar Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:39 am
chutiang te chuan tu emaw in swimmng pool pali vel thla a la anga, kan vei rawn leh luih2 si a nge
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mirage_isme Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:41 am
A logic behind chu kanidarling !!!
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wonderboy Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Pu h.v a chuan hawng se chuan vai pawh ti mai lo in ‘No vaingalsin’ a tih deuh kher ka ring…lolzz
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Wish_Bone Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Kei pawh nakumah Gurgaon-ah hna ka thawk dawna, minlo discriminate ve vaih chuan National attention mai pawh nilo, Oprah ah hial lang thei turin tran ka la ang.
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Maimawm Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Min hmusit emaw intih na rilru neih reng pawh hi, keimah ni leh keimah ni ah hian ‘inferiority complex’ kan neih vang a ni thei deuh bawk ang em? Kan environment hi vai ram ang, harsh tak ah leh phei chuan, keimahni hian confi tak a kan chhaih hi a ngai ve bawk a nia, vai hoin min en hnuaihnung loh nan….
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