“Covid is just a wake-up call. If we don’t start living responsibly, future for our species is bleak,” quoted Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut. Actress Kangana Ranaut is the latest victim of the infection. Taking to Instagram, the actress revealed that she got tested on arriving in Himachal Pradesh and results came out positive. She said, “I had no idea this virus is having a party in my body, now that I know I will demolish it.” Kangana Ranaut will next be seen in her upcoming film Thalaivi where she plays late Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa. The film will release in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. It was slated for a release on April 23 but is postponed due to the covid pandemic.
In the first ten days of May, India’s reported count of covid-19 deaths was nearly 40,000, roughly accounting for a third of deaths worldwide during this period. India reported 3.62 lakh cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday. Maharashtra’s count remained under 50,000 for the fourth consecutive day, while Kerala and Tamil Nadu recorded new highs of over 43,000 and 30,000 cases, respectively. The country reported 4,120 deaths on the same day, led by Maharashtra (843) and Karnataka (517). Active cases have increased to 37.10 lakh. In April, India reported the most deaths after Brazil and the European Union (EU). Even without accounting for under-reporting, India’s second wave has been catastrophic, claiming far more lives each day than in any period in 2020. . India is currently battling a second wave of the pandemic, with lakhs of new cases every day.
The actress also advised ‘conscious birthing’ and posed the question, “(Do) you want children because everyone is having or it’s a conscious choice that you made?” Her final recommendation was to not waste water or food. “Let’s start with this, there is a lot to do anyway,” she concluded.
Recently on 4th May, Ranaut’s Twitter handle was officially permanently suspended by the microblogging site, on the grounds of repeated violations of rules, specifically its “Hateful Conduct and Abusive Behaviour policy”. The actress is known to voice her opinions through various tweets. Reacting to the same, Kangana Ranaut told IANS, “Twitter has only proved my point they are Americans and by birth a white person feels entitled to enslave a brown person, they want to tell you what to think, speak or do.” She further added, “Fortunately, I have many platforms I can use to raise my voice including my own art in the form of cinema but my heart goes out to the people of this nation who have been tortured, enslaved and censored for thousands of years and still there is no end to the suffering.”
Last week, Kangana announced in an Instagram post that she tested positive for Covid-19. She, however, dismissed it as a ‘small-time flu which got too much press’. Kangana Ranaut wrote, “I was feeling tired and weak with slight burning sensation in my eyes for past few days, was hoping to go to Himachal so got my test done yesterday and today the result came I am covid positive.”
Kangana shared a picture of herself in a yoga pose and talked about experiencing symptoms of Covid-19. “I have quarantined myself, I had no idea this virus is having a party in my body, now that I know I will demolish it, people please don’t give anything any power over you, if you are scared it will scare you more, come let’s destroy this Covid -19 it is nothing but a small time flu which got too much press and now psyching few people. Har Har Mahadev,” she added in her post. The post was subsequently taken down by Instagram. Kangana blamed it on the ‘Covid fan club’ and said that she might not last on the platform for ‘more than a week’. In a later update, she said that she was ‘eagerly waiting’ to be banned and will consider it a ‘badge of honour’.
