Earlier in the day, the news of model and Internet sensation Qandeel Baloch being murdered by her brother broke the Internet. While most people in the sub-continent were shocked, there were many people who were praising her brother for killing her (yes) and some people who thought this problem exists in Pakistan only. Richa Chadha is currently in a Twitter war with another person over this topic.
She first tweeted something very important in the wake of this news –
As foetuses girls die at the hands of fathers, for honour they die at the hands of brothers,as wives they die for dowry #QandeelBaloch
— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) July 16, 2016
Basically, women in the subcontinent must know that their families love them much less than they love their ‘honour’.Our lives are not ours
— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) July 16, 2016
Another person called her out for comparing India and Pakistan –
@RichaChadha_ don’t compare INDIA to Pak, 99.9% in India do not support honour killing. In Pak 50% do as per so many tweets by Pak Citizens.
— (((A G))) (@Ipsus09) July 16, 2016
And then what followed was a war of words –
@Ipsus09 whats the source of these numbers?The subcontinent faces the problem of ‘Honour killings’. Happens here as well. We must stop it.
— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) July 16, 2016
@RichaChadha_ of course we must stop it and we will stop it but don’t compare India with Pakistan be brave to call a spade a spade!
— (((A G))) (@Ipsus09) July 16, 2016
@Ipsus09 brother stop milking a tragedy. Bye
— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) July 16, 2016
@Ipsus09 I didn’t compare,u did :)Ppl are ppl,they don’t deserve murder. Honour killings are a problem of subcontinent n we can’t deny it
— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) July 16, 2016
@Ipsus09 speaking of films, watched Sairaat?NH10? I don’t think they were set in Pakistan.Why can’t you say India has a problem too?Why?bye
— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) July 16, 2016
SMH