Viral video: Bengaluru woman slams Instagram influencer for wearing shorts

A video posted by an Instagram influencer, in whicha middle-aged woman criticises her for wearing shorts in public, hassparked a huge clash of opinion on social media

The viral video, shared with the caption “Woman against Woman,” raises questions on women’s attitudes toward western clothing.

In the clip, Tanny Bhattacharjee, a yoga instructor by profession with 120,000 followers on Instagram, stunned by the reaction, asks, “What do you think is the problem? I don’t know what’s happening.”

The video was shared on September 8and has receivedmore than1.9 million views.

Moral policing because the girl was wearing shorts🤦‍♂️

Respect to the bystander who intervened✊️

Apparently a Bengaluru Yoga trainer was wearing shorts & an old lady started to follow her, shouted & stopped vehicles to point her shorts(legs) to other men

🎥 fit_and_fabb Insta pic.twitter.com/dyuaXQkU6u

'Bengaluru is going backwards,' internet reacts

One of the Instagram users commented, “Shorts have nothing to do with society. It’s your mentality. By the way, why is Aunty wearing a saree with a crop top showing her stomach?”

Another user, slamming the conservative mindset of the city, said, “Bengaluru is going backwards.”

A third user, criticizing the mindset of the woman, said, “Short skirts are never the problem. Cheap people with a cheap mentality who objectify, humiliate, and blame women for their choices—that’s the real issue.”