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Controversies and criticism[edit]
Ravi Shankar's interview[edit]
In a live news show on the night of 9 November 2011, Ghose introduced Indian spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar as "joining us tonight" and asked him several questions, contradicting and criticizing his answers.[1] Whenever Ravi Shankar was on screen, "CNN-IBN Live" was shown on the video feed.[1] It was later revealed that Ravi Shankar was interviewed earlier that day in the afternoon by another interviewer, and his recorded statements were edited and presented as answers to Ghose's live questions.[1] When this was pointed out, Ghose first replied by asking critics to search the terms "look-live" and "sim-sat" on Google.[1] Later Ghose and CNN-IBN claimed that it was all right since "everyone did it", before a formal apology by CNN-IBN.[1] Ghose and CNN-IBN were criticized for "deceiving" and "actively misleading" viewers.[1]
Criticism on social media[edit]
Ghose is called "sickular" (a Portmanteau of sick and secular) and accused of being a proponent of "pseudo secularism" on the payroll of the Congress party by her critics on social media including Twitter.[2][3][2] Her views on Kashmir have also attracted criticism. Some of Ghose's tweets have been criticized as "controversial", "farcical" and "silly".[4][5][6] They include tweets in which she called Indian men "ugly", described the Indian flag incorrectly, confused Easter with Good Friday, called for monitoring and control of Internet and Twitter, and reported inaccurately on a conference by Narendra Modi.[7][8][6][9][4] Ghose coined the term "Internet Hindus" to describe nationalist Hindus active on the web.[10] The term was described as "controversial" and "derogatory".[11][5] The term was later adapted by her critics for describing themselves.[11]
Response to criticism[edit]
In 2006, Ghose said that most of her critics were "talentless elderly ladies", who were "furious that a woman who is attractive is also intelligent and also has a husband and two kids".[12] In 2010, she described bloggers and tweeters critical of her as "swarms of bees".[11] In 2013, Ghose said that she is "abused" on Twitter by "right wing nationalists", who in her opinion "attack liberal and secular women", and who are "angry at women speaking their mind".[3] Ghose says those calling here so are "anti-liberal" males and "right wing nationalists" angry at her for "speaking her mind".[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Sharma, Mihir S (November 12 2011). "Look-Live Lies". Indian Express. Retrieved July 12 2013.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ a b c Dixit, Pranav (17 July 2010). "How to be a successful troll on web". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ a b c Arya, Divya (8 May 2013). "Why are Indian women being attacked on social media?". BBC News. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Why Is Sagarika Ghose Trending On Twitter?". Mumbai Boss. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ a b ""Internet Hindus" caught in online frays". Al Jazeera. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ a b Pemberton, Christine (29 March 2013). "Dear Sagarika Ghose: Spare us your Good Friday greetings!". Niti Central. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ Bhardwaj, Varun (31 January 2012). "The Funniest Tweets: #Sagarika Ghose". MensXP. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Reddy, K. Srinivas (27 January 2012). "Angry 'tweeple'". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ S, Sudhir Kumar (9 April 2013). "Sagarika Ghose caught lying on Twitter about Narendra Modi". Niti Central. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ "India: Meet the 'Internet Hindus'". GlobalPost. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ a b c Overdorf, Jason (18 June 2012). "India: Meet the 'Internet Hindus'". GlobalPost. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
Since Ghose's tweet, Hindu nationalists and other conservatives opposed to the Congress Party of Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have, if anything, multiplied and grown more organized — embracing Ghose's derogatory term and making it their own.
- ^ Som, Rituparna (6 November 2006). "Most of my critics are talentless elderly ladies: Sagarika Ghose". DNA. Retrieved 10 July 2013.