‘Sari not smart casual’: Video denial of entry of woman in Delhi restaurant goes viral

New Delhi: Saree is one of the most beautiful and sophisticated garments, and Indian women have always prided themselves with the beautiful wonder of six yards. At a time when women are proving that they can do anything wearing a saree, even backflips and cartwheels, as gymnast Parul Arora demonstrated earlier this year, there are some who have to wear a dress. is judged for.

A video has surfaced on social media in which a woman is purportedly alleging that she was stopped from entering a restaurant in the national capital because she was wearing a saree.

The woman alleged that she was denied entry to a restaurant in Delhi because traditional Indian attire is not ‘smart casual’, which appears to be a dress code. The incident took place at a restaurant named Aquila Delhi on August Kranti Marg, where on entry the staff barred the woman from entering as she was wearing a sari.

In an undated and unverified video being shared widely on Twitter, the woman asks a hotel employee why sarees are not allowed. The employee responds that “sari does not count as smart casual”, claiming that the hotel only allows patrons to stay in smart casual.