Post her divorce from ex-husband Arbaaz Khan, Malaika Arora has been leading the life of a single mum.
Between juggling her roles as a successful entrepreneur, a fitness enthusiast and a reality television judge, Malaika is raising her 14-year-old son, Arhaan, and is wholly engaged in giving him a happy life.
In fact, she often gives her fans a sneak peek into her personal life through her social media accounts. However, she was recently trolled by an unruly follower on Instagram who abused her and called her a gold digger, living off her ex-husband's money.
Malaika shuts down trolls who call her gold digger!
But little did the troll know that Malaika is not the one to take abuses lying down.
In fact, she shut down this troll with grace and showed everybody that she is a dignified fighter.
Reacting to a recent picture she posted on her Instagram, the troll wrote (see picture below): "This what these sh** women do these days. Marry a rich guy then divorce him for huge alumni. And then have fun with that alumni. Why do u need alumni if u are capable of earning. I respect people and not the gender. Life now is all about wearing short clothes, going to gym or salon, enjoying the vacation. Do u seriously have any work, Or just feeding yourself on the husband's money? The word is alimony."
And although the troll perhaps didn't expect Malaika to respond, she fought calling him for his lies.
"I do not indulge in such conversation coz it's below my dignity, but I jus had to coz u certainly got to get your damn facts right before spewing sh** n slagging me off when u know nothing about me. Except sit and pass judgement on other people's life, I seriously suggest you find something to do with ur time coz you clearly have nothing better to do in life," she wrote slamming the troll.
The troll's unruly comment is in a way a reflection of the society that expects a divorced woman to cry out her problems as opposed to live life happily. But Malaika is certainly an exception.
"We should be able to say what we want"
In fact, the ex-daughter-in-law of the Khandaan recently shared that women should be able to say and do as they desire and not abide by rules that the society sets for them.
While speaking to a leading daily, the yummy mummy shared, "Everybody is so guarded. There is a certain amount of just being yourself that is robbed off everyday purely because there is so much of scrutiny.... There is a constant glare, and that is the whole point. We live in a democratic society and we should be able to say what we want and to be what we want."
She also added that people should not dictate their own rules on others, especially women.
"Yes, there are certain norms that you have to follow when living in the society, but that doesn't mean I need to be dictated or told," said the 44-year-old.
We couldn't agree more! In saying this, Malaika Arora has once again stirred the conversation of women emancipation and what we need to teach our girls about it.
3 life lessons our daughters must learn
- Be your own hero: Just as Malaika proved with her actions, a girl doesn't have to be a damsel in distress. Instead, she can just be a strong damsel who doesn't need a Prince Charming to help her in distress. Enroll your daughters in self-defense classes and help them defend themselves.
- Empower yourself with progressive thoughts: We must also teach our girls to not discriminate against anybody based on caste, creed, sex or religion and not in the constitutional sense. Lead by example and explain why we must respect everybody's life choices.
- Uplift other women: This is an important life-lessons we must teach our girls. As opposed to taking criticism by the same gender as negative, we must take it as constructive feedback and work to better ourselves.
Read: Malaika Arora Khan and Arbaaz Khan are finally divorced and THIS was the financial settlement!
(All images courtesy: Instagram)
