WE, AS A SOCIETY, HAVE BECOME INSENSITIVE..

Taapsee Pannu says she had expected the human race to come out of the pandemic as better individuals

The past few months have not really been the best of period for many in the country, especially those in the entertainment industry. First, it was the pandemic that brought life to a standstill, and then, the negativity on social media and backlash that the film industry has been facing.

Talking about the time when the pandemic began, actor Taapsee Pannu says, “I genuinely thought we will come out of it as kinder human beings, as people who will value our privileges and each other more, because we are part of a human race and one virus has left us shaken. But looking at things that have been happening lately, I felt opposite of what I thought would happen.”

The 33-year-old shares how people have lost their way and a lot of anger has seeped in. “We have become more frustrated. We are ready to jump to judgemental conclusions about everyone, we have lost the sensitivity towards people and situations. We have some kind of pent up anger in us for whatever reasons which we are trying to vent out on anyone and any issue without being mindful of what repercussions it may have,” she explains.

Amid all this chaos, the actor has found solace in poetry as she has recited two poems about migrant crisis, and to mark International Democracy day, she recited Samwaad, which talks about the plight of democracy in India.

“Whenever people question what is happening in the society, they are tagged anti-National whereas the intention of those people is just to ask for a better condition. After every few years, our country faces a new challenge regardless of who’s in power,” she says.

Pannu also says that history is proof that citizens have and will always retaliate against something wrong. “When people are pushed to the wall, eventually, there always comes a breaking point where a revolt starts,” she concludes.

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