Sona Mohapatra pens another letter on feminism, related to Kangana’s attack on Hrithik

Some days back, singer Sona Mohapatra had penned a letter addressing Kangana Ranaut, asking her to stop revealing details of her failed relationship with Hrithik Roshan. While some praised her for it, others trolled her. But, the lady who has always held up her own irrespective of constant criticism, penned another letter on her social media page explaining feminism and relating it to Kangana Ranaut’s verbal attack on Hrithik Roshan in a television show. For Sona, feminism defines equality to both men and women, so she doesn’t quite agree to Kangana constantly talking about her personal life in detail because if the same would have been done by Hrithik, he would have been severely bashed for revealing personal details, as he is a man. (Also Read: Sona Mohapatra advices Kangana to stop washing her dirty linen in public)

Here are some excerpts from her letter:

For me, simply put, feminism means women are equal to men. Neither is inferior or superior. The ideal society in the future would be one in which we all operated & thought as ‘humans’ first & gender did not play a role in the treatment meted out to anyone’s opportunities in the world. While that is a utopian dream in the current day, the reason we need to have such discussions, debates & even fights is to work towards such a future. Attitudinal change in a society won’t happen without the same. This is the ‘good fight’, & worth fighting make no mistake.

So in this particular case I ask, would it be okay for a ‘man’ to do this?
Be part of a pre-release PR trail for their film & keep talking about relationships & affairs, interview after interview & bare gory banal details of personal lives & play to the gallery. He would be crucified for it & I do believe there lies the hypocrisy. In this case the person is being crowned as the leading light of ‘feminism’. Why? How? These relationships were after all those that you chose to have. That they didn’t end well or that you suffered in them is sad, but in my books do not make for a inspiring ‘feminist narrative’ beyond a point. Someone is insisting on asking you these banal questions? Put them in their place & steer the conversation. Sania Mirza did that very successfully with Rajdeep Sardesai last year to give an example. I do not want young girls to think that the only option they have to navigate the entertainment world is to look for a sugar daddies to start with or even whine about relationships & use them as feminist cards. No judgement on your choices of men but let’s just leave it aside as a considered choice & free will? To play the small town card over & over again is also not warranted. I have young interns in my company, both boys & girls who have come from small towns to make a living & build a career. Mumbai is full of them. Their journey, struggles & triumphs, just like mine, two decades ago are just as valid. In my books success cannot be measured by your bank balance or endorsement deals or fame. So all the trolls trying to put me down on that measure, please know that my self-belief in this is un-dented. You cannot shove me down your ‘caste hierarchy’ of who is the ‘more successful’. I am, actually. More on that in another post. ?

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Do you agree with the lady?

Prajakta Ajgaonkar

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