Sona Mohapatra Draws Twitter CEO’s Attention To Sexism In His Alma-mater

Mumbai, July 5: Playback singer Sona Mohapatra, who has crooned hit numbers such as ‘Bedardi Raja’, ‘Ambarsariya’ and ‘Rangabati’, has addressed a lengthy tweet to Parag Agrawal, CEO of the microblogging site, slamming the practice of not inviting women as headliners for cultural events at his alma mater IIT Bombay.

In her tweet, Sona wrote:

Dear @paraga ,Ur alma-mater has for decades,mostly never hosted women as headliners in their cultural festival.IITB alumni,even CEO’s slammed me on fb for writing this.??I hope U watch my film #ShutUpSona to see what our reality as female artists in the 21rst century is.♥️& Light pic.twitter.com/M1x5LCow6M

— Sona Mohapatra (@sonamohapatra) July 5, 2022

The tweet serves as a reminder to what even the most successful women have to face when they come up against systemic sexism.

‘Shut Up Sona’ is streaming on Zee5 and Zee 5 Global.

With IANS Inputs….