Updated July 25th, 2021 at 22:12 IST
Harsh Goenka says 'wife' came from 'wildlife'; gets slammed by netizens for sexist thought
RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka on Friday dropped a sexist tweet that did not go down well with the Twitterati and he faced a lot of backlash.
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Extremely active on the microblogging site Twitter, RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka on Friday dropped a sexist tweet that took Twitteratis by surprise. In the tweet, he narrated a conversation he purportedly had with Swami Harshananda, in which he asked him about the origin of the word 'wife'. Harshanand, as per Goenka, replied that the word 'wife' originated by taking the first two and last two alphabets from 'wildlife'. Goenka said that it was a 'Guru Purnima' advice.
I asked Swami Harshanand, “Where did the word ‘wife’ come from?”
— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka)
He replied, “It is derived by taking the first two and last two alphabets from ‘WILDLIFE’.#gurupoornima advice
Whether the conversation actually happened or was just a creation of Harsh Goenka, we don't know, but it was not taken in good faith by the Twitterati, and he found himself at the receiving end of a lot of backlash. While a few outrightly questioned his intention and called him names, many retaliated to his joke with a similar one on husbands. Some even sought Harsh Goenka's wife's reaction to his posting such 'objectionable' tweets on the microblogging site.
Here's how they reacted
And the word husband is either Hasna band or hus bend.
— Manika Phal (@PhalManika)
Then what about your mother's ( Your father's wife)?
— उतपल दास (@DasUtpal72)
That's means your mother or MAA also come from WILDLIFE?
And what is your EXISTANCE on this earth?
Are you wild?
You are receiving very bad WhatsApp forward these days. Thou shall change your source.
— Vikrant ~ विक्रांत (@vikrantkumar)
Apni Amma ke bare me yahi khayal rakhte ho saab?? Wo bhi to apke pujja pitaji ki Wife thi na!! God bless that mother 🙏🙏
— सचिन.... (@Sachinkumar1308)
someone make some arrangement to bring Mrs. Goenka on twitter.😂@hvgoenka
— Tanuj Bhala (@tanuj_009)
Hahaha Sir,hope he also adviced you that after your wife reads this n you meet her , make sure you are wearing a helmet.
— Narayan Mahadevan (@tmnarayan)
An example of how jokes are used in gender bias!!
— Ask1RightQuestion (@Ask1RightQ)
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Published July 25th, 2021 at 22:12 IST