Former actress and wife of Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, Twinkle Khanna took to her social media platform to share a powerful post comparing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case with the Korean drama Squid Games. Twinkle shared a piece on how Indians have been playing the “Squid Games” for as long as she can remember. Sharing an excerpt from her blog post, she compared the games played in the dystopian thriller to cases that made the headlines in the last 2-3 weeks.
Sharing the post, Twinkle wrote: “In India, we have been playing our own version of Squid Game for as long as I can remember, and I am not referring to the numerous times when someone from a crowd pops up and squirts ink on prominent public figures like Baba Ramdev or our Delhi chief minister.”
The former actress penned the piece for a blog she had written for Times of India titled Let the desi Squid Games begin. In the same, she compared the final game played by the contestants of the show to the Lakhimpur Kheri case wherein a speeding Thar SUV car ran over those protesting the three farm laws passed by BJP led Union Government.
Twinkle wrote: “the eponymous final game is played on a demarcated field between defenders and attackers who must cross the area. This is a battle that ends in violent death. Recently the entire country, through a series of viral video clips, witnessed a more weaponised version in Lakhimpur where one team was allegedly run over by the opposing team in their convoy of jeeps and SUVs.”
She also drew a comparison between the game Red Light, Green Light and the safety of women in India. She noted how the women are asked to refrain from interacting with men on various occasions but on Navratri they are given the “green light” to go and mingle with “many boys as they can fit into a garba circle”.
