As a country facing the 2nd wave of Covid-19, some Indian celebrities have gone holidaying to destinations like Goa, Maldives, etc.
They post pictures of themselves enjoying the beaches of Maldives and Goa and it really is insensitive and irresponsible on their part to do so when the whole country is in a fight with this pandemic.
However, we are not the only ones who feel this way, actor-singer Shruti Hassan in a recent interview with the Quint suggested flashing one’s privilege during such a distressing time is not responsible behaviour. “Glad they had a great holiday, they deserved it. I did not personally feel it was a time to go maskless in a pool. It has been a tough time for everyone and for some people much more. I think gratitude and being thankful for privileges is what is most important to know versus throwing your privileges in people’s faces,” she said.
Shruti Haasan added that she never let her guard down even when the lockdown restrictions were relaxed after the first wave of COVID-19 subsided.
“I was really thankful to go back to work. There were some teams that were extremely responsible and careful. And then there was “one” basically that wasn’t. And I never forgot that we are still in a pandemic. Now it is easy to say ‘oh we’re still in a pandemic’. But, I knew this three months ago. People thought that I was crazy, a psycho aunty yelling all the time. I was always on the edge about it and I don’t think many people appreciated it,” the actor-singer said.
