Out of the several things that women are ridiculed for by society every day, not looking married enough is a significant one. You see, not all women want to wear sindoor, mangalsutra, clad themselves in red saree and bangles all the time. Some women choose not to wear it at all. It’s a personal choice, and my oh my are they judged for it.
Having said that, one YouTube channel named ‘Universal In Sights’ added sindoor to Anushka Sharma’s sindoor-less Diwali pictures. This was noticed by a Twitter user who posted the pictures on the micro-blogging site.
This is Anushka Sharma’s original picture:
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This came up on my YouTube right now and I noticed something off with the picture.
They literally added the sindoor to her pictures.
I’m – pic.twitter.com/Vu4sZWR8Sb— ruta (@baateinvaatein) November 19, 2020
People online couldn’t believe that someone could actually do that. While some responded with jokes, a few others asked people to leave women and their choices alone.
It’s literally…about her choice…if she wanted sindoor she would have applied it herself…why did they have to add it to the pictures…?
— ruta (@baateinvaatein) November 19, 2020
Sanskar🙏
Parampara 🙏
Pratishtha🙏 https://t.co/Ev5Q633qzP— still crying era (@spicysaucepp) November 19, 2020
That’s so creepy actually
— *hugs* (@akwaregia) November 19, 2020
indian media…. why???
— (baby grill) vaishvi (@desigothcore) November 19, 2020
Because ” Ek chutki sindoor ki keemat…”
— Sakshi Arora (@MujeSakshiMaano) November 20, 2020
Lol logo ke paas sindoor edit karne jitna free time hai????🤣🤣🤣🤣
— Pranjal Sharma (@_pranjalsharma) November 19, 2020
ugh why can’t they leave women alone✨
— Anannya (@MrsHolland073) November 19, 2020
A few months back, Guwahati High Court had claimed that married women who don’t wear sindoor are unwilling to accept their marriage.
It is okay for women to don traditional symbols of marriage. It is also okay if they don’t want to. When will society begin to respect one’s personal choice?