Hindustan Times has taken a fantastic initiative to talk about the increasing menace of Internet trolls, and how some people think that they can get away by saying anything to anyone, hiding behind the anonymity of internet.
Bullying and abusing someone is NOT okay. It is not okay in the real world. And it is not okay in the virtual world. There should be no excuses for that.
Sadly, many people online resort to a violent verbal approach with people who just happen to have a difference of opinions with them.
Watch Barkha Dutt’s powerful video where she talks about her own experiences of such trolls and bullies and what we can do to stop this from happening:
Share widely.