Dia Mirza apologizes after her controversial tweet on Holi gets trolled
As the country prepares to celebrate Holi, Bollywood actress Dia Mirza is in the midst of controversy after she tweeted about the festival of colours!
The irony of the times we live in: farmers commit suicide due to drought and people waste water to ‘play’ #Holi.Go ahead call me anti-Hindu.
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) March 16, 2016
The tweet was in reference with the water shortage crisis in Maharashtra that has affected thousands of villages. In fact, India faces the worst water crisis in 10 years with widespread drought-like conditions affecting farmers across the country. After her controversial tweet was trolled on social media, she apologized through a Facebook post explaining why she had made the statement.
Let me start by saying to all those who have taken strong offense to my tweet – “The irony of the times we live in:…
Posted by Dia Mirza on Monday, March 21, 2016
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