On Friday afternoon, while Indian citizens lauded the efforts of Kailash Satyarthi, the latest recipient of Nobel Peace Prize, for his relentless work in the field of child rights, a street urchin was turned away from a popular restaurant in Mumbai. The owner of Satkar Hotel in Churchgate stopped Kasturi Kalita, a college-going girl, from treating Rahul David, a street urchin, to food at the eatery. Kalita was shocked when the owner informed her that her little friend couldn’t sit and eat at the restaurant, as ‘other customers would not like it’. He, then, asked them to step out of the hotel and pick up the food as a takeaway from outside the restaurant.

Rahul David accompanied collegian Kasturi Kalita for a lunch treat to Satkar Hotel at Churchgate, but was denied entry. Pics/Datta Kumbhar