Social media is one of the quickest ways for opinions to spread today, but it is also a place where conversations can turn unpleasant very fast. Over the last day, a discussion that began around a simple personal choice ended up drawing strong reactions from a section of users on X.

Actor and director Rahul Ravindran recently shared that he had told his wife, Chinmayi Sripaada, that wearing a mangalsutra is a personal decision and not something that determines whether a woman is married. Another user expressed a similar opinion, saying women should have the freedom to decide what symbols they want to follow in their personal lives. These comments were enough to trigger a heated response from a group of Telugu-speaking users who held an X space to oppose the views.

What started as a debat

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