As an Indian I am disappointed at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' placard

As an Indian, I am disappointed that the global CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey on his first visit to my country holds up a poster that says “Smash Brahminical Patriarchy.”

As an Indian, I am astonished that someone who obviously understands the power of his medium does so without telling 1.3 billion Indians anything about the context of his concerns and what he proposes as the way ahead.

As an Indian, I am shocked that the CEO of a private company in the media business takes ill-informed political positions in the world’s largest democracy.

As an Indian, I am puzzled enough to ask on what datasets Jack has based his position on Smashing Brahminical Patriarchy – hopefully, he will share them.

I am holding myself back as this is Jack’s first trip to India and our practice and work do not tick off people even when they say something as remarkably sensational as Jack has.

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To Jack Dorsey, I ask this:

If you were in London, would you hold up a poster telling Theresa May the whole country is laughing at her because of Brexit?

If you were in China, would you hold up a poster asking Xi Jinping to hold free and fair elections in his country?

If you were in your country, America, would hold up a placard saying you, as a businessperson, boycotts all US trade to countries where human rights are deprived (Saudi Arabia, for instance), where people rot in prisons for years and where children work in sweatshops so Americans can eat and live?

Indeed, Jack Dorsey, all countries have problems and we in India have our share. Suffice for now to say that at the very least you could have informed yourself a little before trying to smash this or that. You haven’t covered yourself in glory, Sir. Au revoir and see you soon.

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