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When Raj Kundra was arrested for creating pornographic content, it was wife Shilpa Shetty who bore the brunt.
Businessman Raj Kundra was recently arrested by the Mumbai Police. He has been accused of creating pornographic content and showing it on certain apps. This matter came to light in February this year and a case was registered against him.
As most people already know, Raj Kundra is the husband of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. As soon as this news came out, the trolls became active on social media. They began dragging Shilpa Shetty into this and began trolling her even more than Raj Kundra.
Trolls have crossed the limits of decency in this matter, making vulgar comments on Shilpa Shetty. Why? Just because Shilpa is a woman and a public figure. People seem to leave no stone unturned in their attempt to humiliate her.
Overlooking what her husband did or why he did it, people’s sole focus has been attributing all the blame on Shilpa Shetty. Trolling her for the arrest of Raj Kundra is completely unacceptable. This only shows the absurd mindset of the trolls.
Some people have written that it was because of Shilpa Shetty’s high-maintenance, expensive tastes that Raj Kundra had to resort to such measures. Do people really think that Shilpa is not capable of bearing her own expenses?
She has been working in films and TV for decades; she has also been running her own business and a YouTube channel. Why would she be dependent on her husband?
This kind of mindset – that every woman is financially dependent on her husband, while dumbfounding, is widely prevalent in society.
When Shilpa Shetty is called ‘high-maintenance’ by trolls, does it not seem like they are talking about an object, maybe a car? In our “educated” society, such objectification of women is, regrettably, commonplace.
Whenever someone calls such behaviour out, the common response is that “it was a joke”. Well, why are only women subjected to such ‘jokes’?
Regardless of the party at fault, the woman still takes the blame. If a person has been accused of a crime, why is the wife assumed to be complicit? Is it not possible that the wife was not even aware of what was going on?
Let the law take it’s course first. Let the police investigate if she was even involved in the case or not. Naturally, if they find anything amiss, they will take appropriate action.
It is very common to see women blamed for crimes committed by someone else as if their identities were defined by their relationship with some man like father-husband-brother-son. That they have an identity of their own, is a concept beyond the understanding of many.
Ashlesha Thakur started her foray into the world of media at the age of 7 as a child artist on All India Radio. After finishing her education she joined a Television News channel as a read more...
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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