Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals and judge on Shark Tank India Namita Thapar has spoken out about the online abuse she has been facing over the past few weeks as she shares a post on X and said she decided to speak up after receiving constant trolling related to her social media content on religious topics.
She explained that the backlash started after she posted an Instagram reel on March 25 where she talked about the health benefits of namaz and in the video she said that the practice can act like a full-body exercise and may also help with mental health and digestion.
After the reel went viral reactions were mixed while some people supported her views others criticised her and questioned why she did not talk about Hindu practices like Surya Namaskar and some users also shared her old video where she had said that wearing traditional clothes and doing ‘pooja’ does not define ‘sanskar’ and that kindness matters more.
Addressing the trolling Thapar said she has been facing abuse for nearly three weeks and she also claimed that some people used offensive language against her and her mother “I left home early in the morning and made this video because I feel silence is not always right and if someone is disrespected we should speak up” she said in her message.
She added that she is a healthcare professional and has earlier shared content on the health benefits of Hindu practices as well including yoga and talking about the issue more broadly Thapar said that people should raise their voices if something wrong happens especially in cases related to basic human rights or disrespect.
She also questioned why people often stay silent when women are targeted online and said that respect should be a key part of any religion and warns that every action a person makes it looked over by God and asserts that the trollers will get their Karma soon.
