India, Jan. 30 -- An Indian-origin sales advisor in Montreal, Canada, recently faced an unpleasant encounter with a fellow Indian customer who judged him for not being fluent in Hindi. The man took to Reddit to share the ordeal, underscoring the deep-seated linguistic bias that persists within the Indian diaspora, even in a foreign country.

The advisor, who speaks four languages-Malayalam, English, Hindi, and French-was working at a telecommunications store when an Indian man specifically requested to speak with him. "The Indian guy," the customer pointed out, prompting the advisor to switch customers with his colleague.

Despite not having spoken Hindi in over two years due to his French-speaking job, the advisor conversed in Hindi to a...