MUMBAI: Yuvika Chaudhary is one of the most popular actresses in the entertainment world.

Recently, the actress found herself in hot sticky situation after she unintentionally used a casteist slur in her recent Instagram vlog. Yuvika Chaudhary admitted her fault and apologised through a video post. But, the way her “mistake” was turned into a “mudda” has irked her. The actress told Hindustan Times, “I understood my fault, said sorry, and learnt my lesson. But now what? People keep on dragging this rather than talking about other topics. We have so many bigger topics to talk about — from women’s safety to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.”

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Further, the actress said, “We’re losing our loved ones, and people are talking about, ‘Arrey usne yeh kar dia’. I feel really bad. The response that I’m getting for my mistake is actually sad. With the way the thing is trending, I’m thinking people have so much time to discuss this, leaving the bigger issues aside, despite me saying sorry for it. Agar mudda banana hai toh bade issue ka banao. If I made a mistake, bol do ke aapko knowledge nahi hai ya correct me.” For the uninitiated, it all started when a video of her using a casteist slur to describe how bad she looked went viral, with #ArrestYuvikaChoudhary trending on Twitter soon after. This comes days after actor Munmun Dutta found herself in a similar controversy for using an insensitive casteist term.

Yuvika Chaudhary’s husband, actor Prince Narula also issued an apology on her behalf but what has vexed Chaudhary is that some people imply celebrities do such things intentionally. “I don’t think I’d do this stupidity to be famous. Anjane mein hui mujhse yeh galti, and now I know the meaning of that word. In fact, I read about more castes and religions and found out about other offensive words,” she confesses, adding that for her, humanity comes first, “and not any caste or religion. It makes me sad that even today, people do so much politics on issues like caste and religion and forget humanity.”

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CREDIT: HINDUSTAN TIMES