Rishi Kapoor is known to lose his cool often and he doesn’t really shy away from displaying the said anger on social media. Recently, the actor reacted to Rahul Gandhi‘s comments on dynasties and how India as a country works on nepotism. He tweeted about the love and respect the actors (and not actresses) of the Kapoor family have received due to merit and not ‘gundagardi‘ like politicians.
Shivani Channan, a writer called out his family and every film family’s privilege in a series of tweets –
She then posted this meme –
Which lead to Rishi sending her a direct message on Twitter –
You can read the very detailed article Shivani has written about privilege and casteism for Buzzfeed India here.
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