Television actress Divyanka Tripathi's tweet amid the COVID-19 pandemic has come under flak on social media.
Divyanka, who is known for her role in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, had tweeted: "With such less traffic in Mumbai, it seems like an opportunity to quickly complete Metro, bridges and smooth roads." The actress also shared a video showing how she found no traffic and hopes by the time the coronavirus threat is gone, the metro and road work will be completed as workers can now function without hassles". The contention, however, did not go down well with social media users. They found her tweet to be "insensitive" and asked her to delete the tweet.
One said, "Those labourers are also human beings. It is an emergency and safety is for everyone." "As if the engineers & construction worker life r not important .. such an vague & unrequired tweet at this moment," wrote another. The third user said: "Please delete this tweet. It looks insensitive. Metro workers labourers are also human beings." One more called the tweet "Insensitive" and asked her to "Delete this tweet".
The actress deleted the tweet immediately and replied to a backlash tweet saying, "My apologies. Point taken."
My apologies. Point taken. https://t.co/WXQUkRFee1
— Divyanka T Dahiya (@Divyanka_T) March 17, 2020
Soon after she posted another tweet that read," We all are humans and susceptible to errors. In this volatile & violent social media world, important question is: If someone's capable of realizing and apologizing..ARE YOU CAPABLE OF FORGIVING AND MOVING ON? Should everything be News & point of argument? Where's humanity there?"
We all are humans and susceptible to errors.
In this volatile & violent social media world, important question is: If someone's capable of realizing and apologizing..ARE YOU CAPABLE OF FORGIVING AND MOVING ON?
Should everything be News & point of argument? Where's humanity there?— Divyanka T Dahiya (@Divyanka_T) March 17, 2020
Well, looks like all's well that ends well!
(Source: PeepingMoon with inputs from IANS)
