Chetan Bhagat Also Has Some Thoughts On Vir Das 'Two Indias' Monologue

Joining in the trend of targeting Vir Das for his I Came From Two Indias monologue, Chetan Bhagat said that what the comedian said on the International stage was "just not done". In order to make a point, the author dragged in his mother and said that if he were to fight with her and find faults with her, he would not criticise her in the neighbour's house.

It obviously triggered many people on social media and the comment section of Bhagat's post took a severe hit. One of the users told him that Das was not talking about his mother but the country he belongs to. While another user attacked Bhagat for being unable raise his voice against the injustices taking place in India. One user making use of the pointless analogy used by the author wrote, "I may harass this woman, but they should not go criticising me to her friends/other people. Maybe it's just me, but some things are just not done" Chetan Bhagat, MeToo accused, 2021."

"I may harass this woman, but they should not go criticising me to her friends/other people. Maybe it's just me, but some things are just not done" Chetan Bhagat, MeToo accused, 2021.

— Edgar Allan Poeha (@vaniIlaessence) November 18, 2021

Chetan Bhagat On Vir Das Video:

The post has so far gained over 811 retweets and more than five thousand likes. Bhagat's take comes after the comedian Vir Das has already been by slapped with an FIR for a monologue that barely lasted for seven minutes. After his ">stand-up performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, USA, Das read out some lines he had written in the morning of the show. He talked about the gangrapes in India, the political unrest, the growing islamophobia among people which often gets aggravated during India Vs Pakistan cricket matches and the comedian's mistrust in the leaders of the country. As far as the video is concerned, the comedian was seen addressing the Indian diaspora in the States and had all the right to express his opinions.

It can be a personal choice to treat one's country as their mother but looking at facts, the comedian comes from a democracy. India with the population of 100 crores has no master of ruler. The representatives chosen for the governance are in every way answerable to the citizen of the country. And even if one is to go by the notion of 'motherland' what are they to do if the cost of expressing disagreements inside the country is mostly being put behind the bars?

Views expressed by the author are their own.