Bengaluru: Woman denied house on rent for being Muslim
Bengaluru: A Muslim woman has accused two house owners of discrimination on the basis of her religion in the state capital. The woman has complained that two Bengaluru-based landlords allegedly refused to rent out their premises to her family when they got to know that she is a Muslim.
A woman, co-founder of an organization, revealed this through posts on social networking sites. As per her post, she found two houses matching her family's requirements through a website and contact their owners. But they allegedly refused to rent out their houses to her.
In her tweet, she said "I am denied 2 houses in Bangalore for rent for my family because we are Muslims. Only a fanatic & irrational Hindu house owner can judge me without even talking to me. @nestawayhomes -you were the one who did #HomesThat-DontDiscriminate campaign. It seems that it was just a gimmick!"
She further wrote, "What an irony that I am not finding a "house" in my own "home country". I would like to invite more of my Hindu friends to engage in this conversation. I'm keen to understand your point of view."
However, the post has gone viral and drawn flak on social media. Twitterati and Facebook users have criticized the house owners and demanded the online agency to take appropriate action.
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Affront to non-Hindi speaking people: Chidambaram slams use of Hindi words in bills' names
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader P Chidambaram has slammed the "increasing practice" of the government using Hindi words in the titles of the bills and said the change is an "affront" to the non-Hindi-speaking people.
Chidambaram said the non-Hindi-speaking people cannot identify a Bill/Act with titles that are in Hindi words written in English letters, and they cannot pronounce them.
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"I am opposed to the increasing practice of the government using Hindi words written in English letters in the title of the Bills to be introduced in Parliament," the former Union minister said late Monday night.
Hitherto, the practice was to write the title of the Bill in English words in the English version and in Hindi words in the Hindi version of the Bill, Chidambaram said.
"When no one pointed out any difficulty in the 75 year practice, why should government make a change?" he said.
"This change is an affront to non-Hindi speaking people and to States that have an official language other than Hindi," the Congress leader said.
Successive governments have reiterated the promise that English will remain an Associate Official Language, Chidambaram said.
"I fear that promise is in danger of being broken," the Congress MP said.
