⚠️Update⚠️
After so many of you RTed and amplified our story, we were contacted by @hiyer - Head of Diversity & Inclusion @AxisBank, Devesh - the Seven Bungalows Branch sales manager, and Uthra - VP Branch Banking Today, we went to the branch again and met Harrish and Uthra. Over about 90 mins, Bhakti asked a lot of incisive questions about the implementation of #ComeAsYouAre, the training and sensitization policies of Axis Bank, and crucially, the redressal mechanisms for people like us.

Last screenshot from the chat - There was a lot of buzz around this when it was launched, with bytes from the ED of Axis Bank. Our own community member @hiyer is helming this initiative. It was applauded all over social media and yet the reality is very different.

In Sept 2021, Axis Bank introduced #ComeAsYouAre scheme - a #DilSeOpen charter of policies for LGBTQ+ customers & employees, where same sex partners could open a joint savings bank account. My partner and I went to the 7 B'lows Branch to do this. Here's what happened - (thread) With all our documents in hand, we visited the branch in New Siddarth CHSL, Seven Bungalows.On entering, we said we wanted to open an account and were directed to a table where there were 2 men & one woman.