Twitter CEO upsets Hindu nationalists during India visit. Jack Dorsey accused of hate speech after posing with sign criticising country’s caste system

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The Twitter chief, Jack Dorsey, poses with students at the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi. Photograph: Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images



The Twitter chief, Jack Dorsey, poses with students at the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi. Photograph: Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images

▼ Twitter’s chief executive, Jack  Dorsey, has upset Hindu nationalists and some members of the Brahmin caste in India by posing for a picture with a placard reading: “Smash Brahminical patriarchy”.

A leading policy officer for the company has apologised to users, and told them neither Twitternor Dorsey endorsed the sign’s message that the oppression of the Hindu caste system – which places Brahmins at the top - must be dismantled alongside male dominance.

That, in turn, has angered Indian activists who oppose patriarchy and the caste system.

Dorsey has been touring India, one of Twitter’s fastest growing markets, meeting figures including the prime minister, Narendra Modi, and the Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan.

Anna MM Vetticad (annavetticad)

During Twitter CEO jack's visit here, he & Twitter's Legal head vijayatook part in a round table with some of us women journalists, activists, writers & TwitterIndia's amritatto discuss the Twitter experience in India. A very insightful, no-words-minced conversation ��� pic.twitter.com/LqtJQEABgV

November 18, 2018

Last weekend, the Twitter chief met a group of journalists, writers and activists in Delhi to hear about their experiences on the website and app, which has been criticised for facilitating the abuse and harassment of prominent Indian women.

Among the attendees to the off-the-record event was an activist belonging to the Dalit, formerly “untouchable” caste that occupies the bottom rung of the intricate system that still determines the shape of most Hindu lives.

The Guardian understands the activist gave Dorsey the sign at the beginning of the closed-door session, and that he was still holding it at the end when the photograph was taken.

It sparked anger among some Brahmins, who are regarded as the highest caste, as well as from Hindu nationalists, who seek to downplay the religion’s fissures and unite adherents under a single cultural and political umbrella.

Among the critics were senior journalists and business people, as well as prominent figures on the Hindu right. (▪ ▪ ▪)



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parivijesh100

It has now become a fashion by so called intellectual class to down grade or insult Hindu Deities or Hindu systems. But no one or hardly any one of this class write against other religions like Islam or Christinity. May be because our Religion teaches us to be the tolerant to the hilt.