Anuradha Tiwari‘s post on X has garnered massive reactions in the form of contrasting opinions on caste and reservation systems in the country.
Tiwari, the CEO of a content writing agency called JustBurstOut, posted a photo of her sipping coconut water and flexing her arms muscles.
The photo went viral on the social media site with 5 million views and over 26,000 likes till Sunday morning.
Netizens divided over the post
A user on X reacted her post, saying according to Manusmriti (one of the legal texts in Hinduism), she was not supposed to work and stay at home.
“According to the Manusmriti, girls should stay at home all the time, take care of their husbands, and do nothing else. But because of the constitution, you’re flexing your triceps on Twitter and living life your own way. So go ahead and thank Babasaheb Ambedkar for that,” they wrote.
Another user came in Tiwari’s defense, saying “Here, a so-called oppressed individual might label you as a “Manuwadi” and accuse you of being casteist simply for identifying as Brahmin, claiming you’re an oppressor due to your background.”
Anuradha Tiwari also replied to her latest post, writing “As expected, a mere mention of word ‘Brahmin’ triggered many inferior beings. Tells a lot about who real casteists are. UCs get nothing from system – no Reservation, no freebies. We earn everything on our own and have every right to be proud of our lineage. So, deal with it.”
Tiwari has been vocal about her opinion on reservation in her X posts. In one such post, she wrote “General category should have confidence that this country belongs to them as much as it does to Reserved category. Current politics is focused only on Reserved category. It’s extremely unfair to hardworking GCs. A nation can never thrive by betraying its hardworking people”.
In another post dated August 2022, she wrote “I am a general category student. My ancestors have passed me down 0.00 acres of land. I live in a rented house. I couldn’t get admission despite scoring 95% but my classmate who scored 60% & comes from a well off family gets admission. And you ask me why I have a problem with reservation?.”