No matter who you are trolling is one thing that happens when you voice your opinion on social media as every person has a different kind of thinking process. Some will agree and some will not. This year we speak of women who were not ready to take anyone's trash. Some women who were trolled found major support on the same medium where they were cyberbullied and some who might have said something on TV shows or online, were hailed by many for not backing down and giving it back left right and centre. Here are few cases that stood out for us and we had to share with our readers.
Starting with Sourav Ganguly's daughter Sana. The young adult voiced her opinion on the ongoing Citizenship (Amendment) Act and won a lot of praise. However, the BCCI chief’s following tweet, Sourav did not take it well for whatever reasons best known to him. He requested people to keep his daughter of all issues as she is too “young to know about anything in politics”, and this attracted a lot of criticism.
She took to her Instagram and shared a relevant excerpt from Khushwant Singh’s ‘The End of India’ (published in 2003). The excerpt read, “Every fascist regime needs communities and groups it can demonize in order to thrive. It starts with one group or two. But it never ends there. A movement built on hate can only sustain itself by continually creating fear and strife. Those of us today who feel secure because we are not Muslims or Christians are living in a fool’s paradise. The Sangh is already targeting the Leftist historians and “Westernized” youth.”
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“Tomorrow it will turn its hate on women who wear skirts, people who eat meat, drink liquor, watch foreign films, don’t go on annual pilgrimages to temples, use toothpaste instead of danth manjan, prefer allopathic doctors to vaids, kiss or shake hands in greeting instead of shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram’. No one is safe. We must realize this if we hope to keep India alive,” her Instagram story read.
There was a round table discussion some days back which had eight actors who were featured in their list of '100 Greatest Performers of the Decade'. The celebs we are talking about included Deepika Padukone, Parvathy, Vijay Sethupathi, Alia Bhatt, Manoj Bajpayee, Vijay Deverakonda, Ranveer Singh, and Ayushmann Khurrana. It was moderated by film critic Anupama Chopra.
When it came down to talking about the controversial film Arjun Reddy wherein its director thought it was okay that "lovers hit each other sometimes", Parvathy, who is well known for never mincing her words, took down the director who was sitting right next to her when she was asked about her decision to not do films that glorify misogyny. She said: "It is a very fine line reflecting what's there in the society, showing what misogyny is, and glorifying it. It's entirely up to the writer and director how they glorify it. When a man is being misogynistic and is being...you know...abusive, and you show that in a way that incites applause in the audience, then that's glorification.
"And at the same time, you make the audience think whether he's done the right thing or not, then there you are collaborating with the audience. There, there is cinema, it's a dialogue," she added.
"If you're saying that there's no passion in a relationship without slapping each other – and I see the comments on YouTube, where people are engaging and resonating with that – you are engaging with the wrong thing in a massive, mob-like manner, where you're inciting violence," said Parvathy.
In Neha's case, the actress was body-shamed for putting on weight that too just after she became a mother in a magazine' article. The actress and host took no trash and lashed out at the magazine for the same. She stressed on the fact that she "does not feel bound by the society's beauty standards and its idea of fitness."
"As a new mom, I want to be fit, healthy and energetic for my daughter. So I work out everyday, sometimes twice a day because for me... 'Fitness' is a priority and not 'fitting into' society's standards regarding looks. And I hope in the future people are kinder to each other while making such vapid and vile comments. To quote @Pattonoswalt... 'Be kind. It's chaos out there'," she said.
The actress who has a major fan following had walked the red carpet of Cannes 2019 and made her debut at the extravaganza. However, a journalist criticised her for the same which Hina said sure hurt her a bit but it "did not dampen her excitement and confidence."
She told a media house: "Coming from somebody sitting at such a huge position, it was disheartening. I did feel bad, I won’t deny. I did feel that it was not necessary. You really work hard to reach where you want to reach. You got to do something in life to be here," she added.
"When I was about to walk the red carpet, I just closed my eyes and I was like 'Hina, this is just another thing for you, you have done it a million times, be confident and just walk the red carpet. Give it your best'."
The actress said that she was taken aback in a good way ofcourse "when photographers on the red carpet were yelling her name", which was a great moment for her.
Hina was there to unveil the poster of her film Lines at the Film festival, impressed all with her stunning silver look.
During a session called Women in Lead, hosted by a Doordarshan anchor, when Taapsee Pannu was speaking at the 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India 2019 (IFFI), since she was talking more in English and not in Hindi, the actress was called out by a journalist to speak in Hindi.
The person asked her from the audience section, "Taapsee please thoda Hindi mein bol lo, kyunki Hindi filmein aap karti ho." (Taapsee, I request you to talk in Hindi, since you do Hindi films)
To this Taapsee said, "Main toh bahut Hindi mein baat karti hoon." She added, "I am a South Indian actress also."
Later, she was asked again on Twitter by a user who wrote, "kyunki Hindi elite nahi banati hai na" (Hindi language does not make one elite).
To which she responded in Hindi and said: "Elite bhasha nahi soch banati hai (Thoughts make one elite, not language)."
A number of times this has happened that celebrities posted something on the net but the reactions of fans and followers became uncalled for and vulgar. The same happened to Divya. She hit back at an internet troll.
So, the actress had posted pictures on her Instagram when it came with the comment “Big Tits”. Her reply was what every such perosn with a thought process like that needs. She said: “Yes man!! Big tits!! So?? Shut up. N stop being obsessed n objectifying women.. there’s so much more to a woman. Did u ever see t smile o the glint in the eyes??? No am sorry expecting too much!! disgusting. Pls don’t post here.”
This was the image she was body-shamed on:
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When she was asked about the incident, she said, "Respecting women and treating them right is something that needs to be taught at home and school and when you still don't learn, make them stand in the middle of the road and teach them.”
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Actor-turned-politicians Nusrat Jahan and Mimi Chakroborty, who were elected as Trinamool Congress MPs from Bengal, had to face a lot of posts full of hatred on social media after they shared pictures of their first day at Parliament. The women were dressed in crisp and elegant shirts, jeans and pants.
However, both were trolled on social media platforms, for their looks, and also for taking pictures outside the Parliament. The duo did not say anything or rather ignored as "haters gonna hate", but many lashed out at those who criticised as they saw nothing wrong in it.
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Ira is the first-ever differently-abled UPSC topper in general category who was cyberbullied and trollers actually called her names. Tta is when Singhal took to her Facebook account and said that this is why "we needed inclusive schools and shared a brilliant perspective on the kinds of words we use as abuse."
She wrote: "For anyone who thinks people with disabilities don't have to face anything, as the world is nice and kind - just sharing someone's comments from my Instagram account. A face of cyber-bullying."
"Unfortunately someone who cannot be bullied is being attempted to be bullied. And this is probably a person who wants to be a Civil Servant. This is why we need Inclusive Schools and this is why we need our education system to focus on producing better human beings more than anything else," she added.
It does not end here! After a few hours, Ira edited her post to say a few more things which were well said.
She wrote:
"Thanks everyone for your kind words. A lot of people are asking that I get him punished. There are a few things to that:
1. Getting punished doesnt change your mentality. He will not suddenly become a great person. All that will happen is that our anger gets satisfied. What really needs to be done, is to help people change their mentality and attitude towards disabilities and abilities.
2. We think what he said is wrong. If we think so because we are talking about the fact that he is trying to abuse someone without cause then yes he is wrong. But if we think he is wrong because that word is bad, then we need to make that word become ok. Let us realise that being disabled - andha, behra, kubda, etc are not bad things. These words are bad if we think being that way is bad. So let us be clear that words are bad if we think being like this is bad."
Singhal also pointed out that the words used as abuse do not always mean something negative. Instead, the words turn into an abuse when people view them as something bad.
"Let us realise that being disabled - andha, behra, kubda, etc are not bad things. These words are bad if we think being that way is bad. So let us be clear that words are bad if we think being like this is bad," she posted.
"Calling someone deaf or blind is only an abuse when someone seeks to demean the other person by saying these words. As per the dictionary, deaf and blind are words to denote someone who cannot hear or see; the words do not mean something bad. But it is the way we use these words that make them an abuse that can be used to hurt others," she concluded.
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