Vir Das’ video ‘I come from 2 Indias’ has stirred quite the controversy online and has left people divided. While many have lauded the courageous monologue, many others have slammed him for insulting India in a foreign land. Kangana Ranaut called him a “criminal” and FIRs have been lodged against him.
Sharing his 2 cents on Vir’s monologue, author Chetan Bhagat took to Twitter to share an analogy. Equating the country to his mother, he said, “I may fight or find many faults with my mother but I won’t go criticising her in the neighbour’s house.”
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Have a look at his tweet here:
I may fight or find many faults with my mother but I won’t go criticising her in the neighbours house.
I may find a hundred things wrong with my country but I won’t go criticise it publicly on an international stage.
Maybe it’s just me, but some things are just not done.— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) November 18, 2021
Several people online slammed the author and accused him of suffering from “Log Kya Kahenge syndrome”. Some expressed that if a person is living in a toxic family and gets abused, they should definitely seek help from the neighbours. Here’s a look at some of the reactions:
“Don’t tell outsiders your husband beats you, don’t wash your dirty linen in public blah blah”. Do you think in today’s digital, globalised world people don’t know what happens in India, good or bad ? Come on Chetan https://t.co/rOjgYnWgPS
— Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) November 18, 2021
This is the same attitude because of which 99% rape cases in India go unreported
Family mein rape hua hai, don't make a police complain. Family ki baat, family mein hi rehne do. Nahi toh Log kya kahenge.. https://t.co/szephlzlpi
— Dhruv Rathee 🇮🇳 (@dhruv_rathee) November 18, 2021
Every word that this man utters reeks of privilege. This blind love takes no one anywhere, particularly if you have a lot to lose. Unlike you, who can afford not to "criticise" coz no loss or exploitation of any sort will be personal to you. https://t.co/vDUg2AnqBC
— Ashwaq M (@ashwaqM) November 18, 2021
When you have abusive parents who gaslight you into believing ‘these lashes are for your own good,’ the only recourse left is to seek external help. https://t.co/HMXS9g6SAq
— Neeraj Ghaywan (@ghaywan) November 18, 2021
Normalize seeking help if your parents are abusive, target you and terrorize you, support those baying for your blood, and do not accord you the protection that you seek. Because a nation is not the land but the people. Don't peddle shoddy emotional equivalences here. https://t.co/mY9BXoU7sF
— Sania Ahmad (@SaniaAhmad1111) November 18, 2021
Idiot. You don’t have enough shame that women are gangraped but you feel ashamed that someone talks about it outside? This is pathetic. https://t.co/HQGmiI3etQ
— battamiz AαLiуα ᥫ᭡ (@aaliya_speaks) November 18, 2021
its definitely just you.
i would definitely go to my neighbour if my father is beating up my mother and his father is encouraging it.
so shuttup you idiot. https://t.co/0PdFj2bGET— Teju (@tejujoshi31) November 18, 2021
This mother status to the country is insulting now because we've not upheld her values to now go about worrying about her honour.
If we are worried about the mother being maligned, maybe stop the things that are ailing her, rather than focusing on how she looks on the outside? https://t.co/EgCWgNE7iO
— Lavanya (@lav_narayanan) November 18, 2021
Normalize calling your parents out on their toxic behaviour if it's harming other members of the house. Unless all you want is to feel good about yourself and don't really want them to change because it isn't affecting your life. https://t.co/pGgwSKCsZz
— Sayantan Ghosh (@sayantansunnyg) November 18, 2021
This is an inherently problematic take which is a constant threat to freedom of speech (laughable) and creative expression (seditious/ offensive/ anti-national). If you are not heard at home you MUST go out and shout for help. https://t.co/76eJJgU065
— MAK مهین for 🇵🇸 (@mentalexotica) November 18, 2021
Typical desi bakwaas gyaan! Ghar mein rakho, sab ko mat bolo. Everyone else is blind and can't see the degeneration in Indian society. Hence, dont' speak about it EVER! This is the shit our parents have passed down to us which all these old farts regurgitate. https://t.co/Tp99rbo61o
— मुनीमजी (@VivekAN4) November 18, 2021
Classic "log kya kahenge" syndrome. Come on Chetan… pretty sure the world already knows enough about what's happening here…no point in covering up anything https://t.co/CDxJPK2PE9
— Mayur Sanap (@mayursanap709) November 18, 2021
Children raped by relatives, women beaten up by husbands are told the same thing: "the neighbours should not find out." Even women of minority communities are told: "let's keep this within the community." This is an old argument used by oppressors & their supporters. pic.twitter.com/zqk55hzrLF
— Anna MM Vetticad (@annavetticad) November 18, 2021
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