Chinmayi Sripada’s Tweets On Being “Indirectly Shamed” After Abhirami Venkatchalam’s #MeToo Comment
Chinmayi Sripada shared this image. (courtesy: chinmayisripaada) New Delhi: Singer Chinmayi Sripada, in a Twitter thread, has reacted to what is being seen as actress Abhirami Venkatachalam’s indirect attack on her over the #MeToo movement. Chinmayi, who had shared her #MeToo story when the movement was at its peak, is perceived as the person Abhirami meant in this comment: “This movement was started by someone. After climbing the ladder to success, one shouldn’t start the hashtag.” Abhirami said this when asked to comment on the sexual assault case at Kalakshetra Foundation’s Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts, reported India Today. Defending the institution, Abhirami also said, “I am an alumni of Kalakshetra and an ex-student. I am not interested in commenting on this issue as we should not always hear one side of the story. So many comments have been made on this institution, which has been running for 89 years. Nothing of that sort happened to blame the institution. Even non-Kalakshetrans are talking about the institution. People who cannot even spell Kalakshetra are talking …