Actor Sayani Gupta, in reaction to a tweet from Shah Rukh Khan’s Gandhi Jayanti, urged him to speak out about the ongoing unrest in the country after a Dalit woman was gang-raped in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh. The woman died this week.
Citing Shah Rukh’s post on Twitter, Sayani wrote: “Say something. The right thing. Gandhi also taught us to defend the Truth, the oppressed, the exploited, for our Dalit brothers and sisters. Don’t just close your ears, eyes, and mouth. @iamsrk “.
Shah Rukh in his original tweet had shared a picture of his children, AbRam and Suhana, and had written: “If this Gandhi Jayanti there is an ideal that we would like our children to follow, in good times, bad times and all the time. … it should be No evil hearing … no evil seeing … no evil speaking! Remembering the Value of Truth on the 151st Anniversary of Gandhiji’s Birth “.
Several Bollywood celebrities, including Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma, Kriti Sanon, and others, have condemned the Hathras and Balrampur incidents. In a note shared on Instagram on Friday, Anushka wrote that ‘in our society, having a male child is considered a privilege.’ Calling this notion a ‘myopic vision’, Anushka wrote: “Of course, it is no more privilege than having a girl, but the fact is that this supposed privilege has been viewed incorrectly and with an extremely myopic vision. The only “privilege” is that one has the opportunity to raise a boy in a way that respects a girl. That is your DUTY as the parent of society. Therefore, do not consider it a PRIVILEGE. “
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Sayani had previously commented on Twitter: “If you are living in India right now and you don’t lose sleep over what is going on, something is wrong with you, my friend. Check the humanity button. It could be off! “
In a 2019 PTI interview, Sayani said, “My priority as an actor is just doing different kinds of roles. I say no to everything I’ve done before. Besides, I end up saying no to many things because the politics I believe in is very important. “
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