Telugu Woman Moved From Emergency Exit Seat For Not Knowing Hindi

Language discrimination has always prevailed in our society, no matter how hard we try to ignore it. A Telugu woman who was travelling by an IndiGo flight was asked to switch her seat at the row next to the emergency exit as she only spoke Telugu.

A Twitter user named Devasmita Chakraverty narrated the incident on her account. She wrote:

Indigo 6E 7297. Vijayawada (AP) to Hyderabad (Telangana), Sept 16-2022. The woman in green originally sitting in 2A (XL seat, exit row) was forced to seat 3C because she understood only Telugu, not English/Hindi. The attendant said it’s a security issue.

You can read the entire post here:

https://twitter.com/DevasmitaTweets/status/1571014493693681665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1571014493693681665%7Ctwgr%5E40fd98ab7f13e962520792014552adcd37b8c318%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thequint.com%2Fsouth-india%2Ftelugu-woman-moved-from-emergency-exit-seat-for-not-knowing-hindi-english

The tweet has gone viral and has prompted a lot of conversation about language discrimination in India. Have a look:

https://twitter.com/lazychronicler/status/1571955082660552705?s=20&t=PtCH3lLJ_xz1x7x1-5OF1w

https://twitter.com/deepsealioness/status/1571869552459534337?s=20&t=PtCH3lLJ_xz1x7x1-5OF1w

https://twitter.com/BumpAhead/status/1571596063991300097?s=20&t=PtCH3lLJ_xz1x7x1-5OF1w

What are your views on this?

A Telugu Woman Was Moved From Emergency Exit Seat For Not Knowing Hindi Or English. WTF