There have been many instances when the Indians have complained about facing the issue of racism abroad. Many of the celebs too voiced against it in the past. Despite the awareness and education on the subject through all these years, 2018 yet again saw such incident, this time as narrated by Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. The stunning actress recently shared a shocking experience of racism in Melbourne by the staff of Qantas airline.

The fitness diva described the how she was not allowed to carry her ‘half empty’ bag just because of her ‘brown’ colour. An excerpt from her Instagram post reads, ‘We had no time to waste so we ran to the oversized baggage counter and requested her to put the bag through which she did after I told her that #Rude #Mel had issues !!!.... to which another colleague joined in an reiterated my duffle wasn’t oversized and could’ve easily been checked in. The point is .. This piece is only for #quantas airlines to know and take cognisance .. that their staff must be taught to be helpful and TONE can’t change with preference to #COLOUR .” From Kangana Ranaut, Shilpa Shetty to Anupam Kher, These Celebs Urge Fans to Stay Fit.

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Subject: #Quantas airways @qantas This should get your attention! Travelling from Sydney to Melbourne and at the check in counter met a grumpy #Mel ( that’s her name)who decided it was “OK” to speak curtly to “US” ( Brown people!!) travelling together ,I was flying business and had 2 bags (my allowance)and she insisted and decided my half empty Duffel bag was oversized( to check in!!) So she sent us to check it in at the other counter dealing with “Oversized luggage” ..there a Polite lady(yes this one was) said ..”this ISN’T an oversized bag, pls check this in manually if u can at another counter” ( all this happening while the counter is going to shut in 5 mins) As the manual check in wasn’t going thru for 5 mins( we tried) I went upto #Mel and requested her to put the bag thru as her colleague said it wasn’t an oversized bag.. She refused again.. Just being adamant especially when I told her this is causing a lot of inconvenience .. We had no time to waste so we ran to the oversized baggage counter and requested her to put the bag through which she did after I told her that #Rude #Mel had issues !!!.... to which another colleague joined in an reiterated my duffle wasn’t oversized and could’ve easily been checked in. The point is .. This piece is only for #quantas airlines to know and take cognisance .. that their staff must be taught to be helpful and TONE can’t change with preference to #COLOUR .”WE” are NOT #pushovers and they MUST know that being #callous and #Rude will NOT BE TOLERATED 🙏✋🏼💔. Ps: Please tell me if that bag in the picture is oversized??!! @australia @visitmelbourne @travel #truthmustbetold #bemused #uncalledfor #standup #equality #whatswrongisnotright #instapic #travelwoes #shocking #nightmare

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The fans soon jumped in to support the 43-year-old icon and reassured her that it was an apt thing to do, that she did. They even agreed that the bag was indeed half empty and was not oversized as claimed by ‘Mel’. Such incidents make us realize that there is a lot of scope for the improvement for the people to change their mindsets for once and for all. You go, girl!

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