Tamil Nadu Doctor Shares Experience of Religious Discrimination by Police Officer on X

A Tamil Nadu doctor, Christianez Ratna Kiruba, recently took to X to share an experience of religious discrimination. She claimed that a police officer who came to her home for a passport verification refused to drink tea or coffee in the same cups her family uses because they are Muslims. Instead, her mother-in-law had to serve him a drink in a glass bottle that the family does not typically use. The doctor further described how the officer left some of the drink and told her brother-in-law to finish it before leaving, which she found shocking and traumatic.

Her post has since gone viral, garnering over a million views and prompting many users to share their own experiences with discrimination. One user recounted how in the past, sharing religious offerings between different faiths was not seen as taboo, while another pointed out the hypocrisy of not discriminating when it comes to taking bribes. A third person highlighted the irony of the officer’s actions, noting that the people who handled the drink he accepted might belong to the same group he considers untouchable.

Christianez Ratna Kiruba, who is an Internal Medicine doctor and a freelance health writer, expressed her dismay at encountering such discrimination for the first time, suggesting that her experiences in South India had shielded her from these realities.

What are your thoughts on the discrimination she described in her post?