Bengaluru, India

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

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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 8 and has received more than 1.9 million views.

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'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?”

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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.”