Overview
- YourStory founder-CEO Shradha Sharma posted a video from the Taj Mahal Hotel’s House of Ming in New Delhi after staff told her to put her feet down.
- She said a manager cited another guest’s discomfort with her cross-legged posture and remarked about closed shoes and her Kolhapuri footwear.
- Sharma said she felt humiliated, noted she was wearing a salwar-kurta, and referenced that Ratan Tata had invested in her company.
- The clip, shared late on October 21 and widely circulated on October 22, drew sharply divided reactions on X.
- Supporters labeled the interaction elitist and tied to colonial-era etiquette, while others defended fine-dining decorum, hygiene concerns, and a restaurant’s right to set house rules.