Swara Bhasker has talked about being bullied online and facing cyber sexual harassment. During a recent Twitter Spaces chat, she opened up about how trolls link every post of hers to her masturbation scene in Veere Di Wedding.
Swara took to Instagram to share an excerpt from her Twitter Spaces conversation. The actress wrote, “Social media is a [virtual] public space like roads & restaurants are, but the public decency and basic social etiquette maintained offline are absent online. I can’t even post a photo of a flower without people linking it to masturbation or referencing ‘ungli’ (finger) after Veere Di Wedding came out.”
“It’s ugly and amounts to cyber sexual harassment but I feel very strongly about not succumbing to online bullying or limiting my presence online because of it. We cannot cede the virtual public space to hate, bigotry and bullying,” she added. She captioned her post, “Speak your truth. Stand your ground.”
For the unversed, the masturbation scene in Swara Bhaskar's 2018 film Veere Di Wedding became the buzz of the town. Swara was subjected to a great deal of scrutiny and was often trolled mercilessly on social media. However, the actress always stood up for herself and schooled the trolls, whenever needed.
(Source: Instagram)
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