Overview

• Shankar wrote that her body is not anyone else’s to comment on and rejected unsolicited judgments from strangers.
• She posted screenshots of remarks such as “no need to show cleavage,” “Indian classical music is sacred… but the attire… is not matching,” and “think about your father’s image.”
• In the same post, she detailed a history that includes two childbirths, surviving child sexual abuse, four surgeries, PCOS, addiction, undiagnosed neurodivergence, and an autoimmune disorder.
• She said she would not accept “banal, pathetic comments,” calling the entitlement to pass judgment astounding and saying society should be beyond such behavior in 2025.
• Hindustan Times, India Today, and Free Press Journal reported extensively on her post, with no platform actions or formal responses from commenters noted in the coverage.