Tag: Bulli Bai

  • ‘Genocide of 200 Million Indians’: Javed Akhtar slams Modi for silence over app auctioning Muslim women

    ‘Genocide of 200 Million Indians’: Javed Akhtar slams Modi for silence over app auctioning Muslim women

    Indian lyricist and activist Javed Akhtar took to Twitter on Monday to criticise Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not taking action against Indian the app called “Bulli Bai”, which has been displaying pictures of more than 100 Muslim women for auction.

    The musician expressed his anger and wrote: “There is an online auction of hundred women. There are so-called Dharm Sansads, advising the army the police n the people to go for the genocide of almost 200 MLN Indians. I am appalled with everyone‘s silence including my own n particularly of The PM. Is this Sub ka saath?”

    The poet referred to the slogan “Sab ka saath, Sab ka vikas, Sab ka Vishwas, Sab ka prayaas” that was a part of Narendra Modi’s speech on India’s 75th Independence anniversary.

    However, Javed was trolled by netizens as they started targeting and abusing his great grandfather who was a freedom fighter. 

  • Bollywood calls out Indian app which listed Muslim women for auction including Malala

    Bollywood calls out Indian app which listed Muslim women for auction including Malala

    Photographs of more than 100 Muslim women were displayed on an application known as “Bulli Bai” where women were posted as the auction of the day, reports Al Jazeera.

    The pictures were uploaded on an app for “sale” without their permission. The list included Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai and award-winning Bollywood actor Shabana Azmi.

    Following the news, several Bollywood celebrities have come forward to express their anger.

    Actor and activist Swara Bhaskar, in a tweet, said, “At that point where we’ve to remind ourselves that it’s not okay to sell Muslim women online! Remind ourselves that it’s not kosher to rally & call for genocide! That it’s not okay to disrupt people’s prayers. This is happening in our name, in the name of our Gods. It’s on us!”

    Actor and Director Farhan Akhtar termed the auction a “grostesque act” and called for strict action against the perpetrators.

    Dozens of Muslim women began posting their shock and outrage on social media after seeing their photographs and details on the app. The app was taken down on Saturday.