Priyanka Chopra’s credibility questioned for talking at literary event

Priyanka Chopra has recently delivered a speech at a literary event organised by a publishing company, however people have questioned her credibility and stated that there were various authors who could have been selected for this honored position.

As soon as the decision for her selection to speak at the event was revealed, people reportedly started questioning her credibility on social media. Bombay Times reveals that at the event, Chopra spoke about many topics ranging from issues around women, actors, and race. The actor also spoke about wage disparity in the film industry and racism to sexual harassment, the #MeToo movement and marriage.

Published poet Sharanya Manivannan said, “A publishing house came up with a thread on Twitter listing just a few possible names who could have filled this spot, and I have to agree with it.” She went onto say that, “This has nothing to do with Priyanka Chopra, the person, or her abilities, or even for that matter the fact that she doesn’t even have a book ghost-written to her credit yet. It’s just that it seems like they were aware they’d made an oversight by inviting only men so far, so even if any woman would be a “token woman”, they could have made that choice more thoughtfully. They could pick someone whose ideas have a connection to publishing, readers and authors.”

Author Kiran Manral added, “They wanted to grab as much attention as possible. And they did so by inviting Priyanka Chopra.” Manral blamed the audience for giving Chopra such a platform. “In India, we weigh a lot of importance in two things: Bollywood and cricket. And it doesn’t come as a surprise to me that people would rather listen to her than anyone else,” she said.