India, June 29 -- Indian author Nivedita Shukla's recent social media post began as a reflection on the discrimination Indians face overseas, but took an unexpected turn when she shared her own experience of judging a fellow traveller based on his country of origin.

In her X post shared yesterday, Shukla revealed that she considered sharing her food with a man at Frankfurt airport during a layover, but decided not to do so upon realising that he is from Pakistan.

Nivedita Shukla, Dublin-based author of The Momentos of Runjh, said that she recently had a 10-hour layover at Frankfurt, Germany. She said that of late, she had noticed more hate directed towards Indians.

"I have been traveling around for years but now it feels different. The...