Dear ToI, don't blame Deepika: Social media comes to actress' defence

Deepika Padukone may have thought that the verbal duel over her cleavage with the Times of India would be over after she wrote a piece on Facebook titled ‘My Point of View’ and said ‘for me, the topic ends here.’ But, the newspaper is unwilling to let things rest. After a week of argument over whether Deepika is right in showing her cleavage or whether ToI is wrong to publish an article titled, ‘OMG: Deepika Padukone’s cleavage show,’ the newspaper has come out with another article justifying its stand and accusing the actress of ‘hypocrisy.’ [caption id=“attachment_1723529” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  A screen grab of Deepika Padukone in the song ‘Lovely’[/caption] But, it seems social media is not too happy with ToI’s response. When ToI posted their piece on Facebook, this is what the commentators had to say: Ashwin Verleker: I can’t believe that you are actually justifying the cheapness! Arsheena Piya: This doesn’t change anything TOI. You’re making a bigger fool of yourself trying to give further clarifications lol. Yes, please get a life. Prasila Singh: Get over it TOI and shame on you. You dont own her body or her opinion. Puja Bhattacharyya: The Times of India Its just appalling how you keep justifying ‘your actions’ and pile the blame on Deepika Here are some of the responses on Twitter:

RT @Purba_Ray:The thin line that divides TOI's OMG Deepika's cleavage show and the magazine photo shoots where she bares it all, is consent.

— Natasha Javed (@natashajaved1) September 22, 2014

The piece abt deepika padukone in today's #toi makes me want to puke on the writer.

— Mallika Bhandarkar (@mallika2010) September 22, 2014

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I don't buy TOI's justification and counter-attack on Deepika - I felt it was tacky and demeaning. So, won't share the URL here.

— Karthik 🇮🇳 (@beastoftraal) September 22, 2014

#TOI digs itself in even deeper into its own patriarchal BS... And just wont stop!
TOI, you might think, when... http://t.co/1XAk7AsaDO

— Kavita Krishnan (@kavita_krishnan) September 21, 2014

Dear @timesofindia,
You're digging your own grave now!
This is beyond ridiculous!http://t.co/5EHS39xA5k #IStandWithDeepika @deepikapadukone

— Megha Mehta (@MagzMehta) September 22, 2014

Another piece of disgraced journalism. A simple apology wd hve done bettr than the shitty explanatnhttp://t.co/DpmqUZIhnf via @timesofindia

— Pratik Sengupta (@pratiksg) September 22, 2014

Question at the top - Was Deepika's hypocrisy for Publicity?

Followed by 7 glamorous pics of Deepika on thr front page. Thank you Irony :)

— Gabbar (@GabbbarSingh) September 21, 2014

But, then some on Twitter thought that ToI was right in saying that Deepika brought the issue up only for publicity:

All said & done Deepika Padukone has not been holier than thou with her choices in movies or songs. +

— Richa Singh (@richa_singh) September 22, 2014

Read today Bombay Times article on deepika's cleavage,cant help bt ask her,she has showm much more in d past, so why react now.

— kusum Bhutani | ❤️❤️ (@kusumbhutani) September 22, 2014

And a few thought that Deepika’s cleavage is an embarrassment for the nation:

If Deepika is showing her cleavage for her movie's promotion, it should be embarrassment for the nation that it needs cleavage for promotion

— ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ༝༝ᅠ (@KrAnubhavJha) September 22, 2014

And then, there were those who were above the ToI-Deepika fiasco. They had some insightful things to say:

TOI-Deepika Scuffle an insightful case study for all the BMM, Communication Management Students on Crisis Mis - Management

— Hitesh Rajwani (@TheDigitalLad) September 22, 2014