India, May 27 -- The controversy surrounding Delhi's Gymkhana Club has also pulled into the spotlight other private clubs in the country. Most notably, Mumbai's ultra-exclusive Breach Candy Club is facing the heat on social media after it emerged that, even in 2026, only European passport holders can become trust members at the club.

The Breach Candy Club was founded in 1878 as a facility reserved exclusively for Europeans living in Bombay. It was only in the 1960s, years after Independence, that the club opened membership to Indians - and even then, the real power remained vested with Europeans.

The club's trust constitution, approved by the City Civil Court in 1967, created separate categories of membership with sharply unequal powers...