Bengaluru: An Influence's Video Reignites Debate About Women's Clothing

An Instagram influencer's recent video rapidly hailing on the internet prominently depicts an elderly woman publicly shaming the influencer for wearing shorts in Bengaluru. This has ignited a heated debate on social media.

The clip shows how the elderly woman is shouting in her native language. The caption of the video reads, "Woman against Woman." It also questions the woman's behaviour with the phrase, "Shorts not allowed in Bengaluru?" and openly criticizes the society as a dictating force over all the women out there.

What Is The Conversation About?

In the video, Tanny Bhattacharjee, a yoga instructor with over 1.2 lakh Instagram followers, questions the reaction she had received: "What do you think is the problem? I don't know what's happening." The footage has sparked polarised opinions, with some condemning the elderly woman's behaviour while others supporting her stance for speaking the same.

Comments on Instagram reflect this divide. One user argued, "Shorts have nothing to do with society. It's your mentality. Why is the aunty wearing a saree with a crop top showing her stomach?" Another commenter criticized the city's progress by claiming that "Bengaluru is going backwards."

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Meanwhile, there was also massive support that has been seen for the elderly woman and it is pretty evident.

Corresponding to this, some advised Bhattacharjee to ignore the situation. In response, Bhattacharjee clarified, "I agree about ignoring her, and we did ignore her and started walking towards the car park. Then she started following us, shouting in public and stopping other vehicles to show me in my shorts to other men. FYI, I was not creating any content there. I was returning to the car, and she kept doing this just because I wore shorts?"

The viral video predominantly highlights how our country is still caught between all these vicious ongoing tensions over dress codes and personal freedoms, further illustrating the clash and the wider gap between traditional and modern values that the youth of today continuously struggle to bridge.