‘WE SHOULD HAVE A CIVIL CONDUCT ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Swara believes that social media is a virtual public sphere and like other public spaces one should have civil conduct on social media

Known for speaking her mind, actor Swara Bhasker, who has often been a victim of trolling and online bullying, says like any other public sphere, social media should also have a civil conduct.

Asked if social media bullying bothers her, Swara said: “It used to bother me in the beginning when it happened and I felt very hurt. I felt it was very unjust... Then I realised life is unjust. They are not doing it out of a sense of justice, but doing it from a place of vicious- ness, hatred or genuine malintent. So what would you do about that? They have no identity. I became inured to it.” Swara added that “social media is a virtual public sphere and like other public spaces we should have a civil conduct on social media. It is a virtual public space”. The 30-year-old made her debut in filmdom in 2010 with Madholal Keep Walking. She was then seen in Raanjhanaa, Tanu Weds Manu, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, and Veere Di Wedding.

Talking about the kind of work she wants to do now, Swara said: “I am at a strange point... because after Nil Battey Sannata, Anarkali and Veere Di Wedding, I am like ‘What should my next script be?’ I don’t know how to up that because I feel the standards have become too high for scripts. I have not signed a film after Veere Di Wedding.”

Swara, who featured in web series ‘It’s Not That Simple’, said: “I am doing very interesting work in the web space. I am very excited. I think the web space is a new space. It’s offering a lot of exciting and new work and I am holding on to my time for films because I want the next one to be very special.”

It used to bother me in the beginning and I felt very hurt. Then I realised life is unjust. They are not doing it out of a sense of justice, but viciousness and hatred