Sonam Kapoor fell prey to Twitter trolls last night when she referred to a line from the National Anthem in an article she wrote for a reputed newspaper.
Here’s what she wrote:
I love my country but for some of you — and you’re the bigots, not me — I become ‘anti-national’ only because I ask questions or choose to be critical. Listen to the national anthem…recall the line you heard as kids, ‘Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Issai…’
Twitter was too quick to jump to conclusions and the trolls started pouring in soon after!
Never knew our National Anthem was updated around the time when Sonam was a kid.. pic.twitter.com/POSf2E1tKw
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) April 21, 2017
Like Sonam Kapoor, I also love that part of National Anthem where it says “Yeh Mera India, I love my India”
— Aashu (@itsaashuu) April 21, 2017
Bollywood is going through a phase of REMIX (Laila O Laila, Tamma Tamma). So Sonam Kapoor thought of remixing our National Anthem.
— Mauryaa om (@OmMauryaa) April 21, 2017
Me :- Who wrote our National Anthem?@sonamakapoor : Its simple, Javed Akhtar! #SonamKapoorQuotes @AshiQuotes @RitaG74 @SV99999
— ManabendraD?? (@Deb4Desh) April 21, 2017
But being the #boss she is, Sonam had the last laugh as she tweeted this:
Thank you so much twitter for the amazing response to my article and also to the #trolls who proved my point by the way they responded ?❤??
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) April 21, 2017
Why, you ask? Because she was right all throughout. The second – and lesser known – stanza of the National anthem has the line she mentioned.
Actually, the second stanza of jana gana mana has the words “Hindu Bauddh Shikha Jain, Parasik Musolman Christaani”. #NationalAnthem pic.twitter.com/QvZXdbFPI3
— Kriti Trehan-Lahiri (@krititrehan) April 21, 2017