Twitter India invites responses ahead of Women's Day; Kavita Kaushik, Hansal Mehta furious

Twitter has become one of go-to platforms as far as news, current events and trends are concerned. With most of celebrities being active on microblogging website, even ir fans and followers get platform to interact directly with him. However, Twitter has also helped in increase of online abuse of stars, particularly women. 

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Be it sexist comments on ir outfits or negative comments if y follow a contrary political ideology, female celebrities are often at receiving end of abuse. As Twitter India called to celebrate women ahead of Women’s Day to be held next month, celebrities like Kavita Kaushik and Hansal Mehta were furious for ir lack of action against hatred directed at women. 

Twitter India handle urged followers to express ir views on Women’s Day and share Indian women y admire. 

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Kavita Kaushik reacted with fury to post, mocking m for wanting to celebrate women. TV actor questioned why platform had t taken action against those trolling students, actresses, journalists, activists or any woman over ir profession, character, , physicality. FIR star urged Twitter to do ‘basic blacklisting taught in school.’  

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Hansal Mehta termed Twitter India’s post as ‘tokeism’, demanding that platform stops online abuse of woman first. 

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National Award-winning director had earlier lashed out at Twitter over abuse he was facing and ir lack of action. He had even taken a break from medium in between. Earlier, even Anurag Kashyap had quit medium over online abuse. 

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