english: On December 4, 2010 Shankar was about to board a flight to Baltimore after attending a Mississippi State University programme and although she did not set off the airport's metal detectors, she was singled out on grounds that she was wearing a sari, India's national dress.
non_english: Il 4 dicembre 2010, la Shankar era prossima all'imbarco di un volo verso Baltimora dopo aver partecipato a un programma della Mississippi State University e, nonostante non avesse fatto scattare i metal detector dell'aeroporto, è stata fermata in quanto indossava il sari, l'abito tradizionale indiano.