Sonu
Nigam
breaks
silence
on
Sona
Mohapatra's
allegation;
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Sona
Mohapatra
on
Thursday
shot
back
at
Sonu
Nigam,
saying
that
by
addressing
her
relationship
with
a
man
to
describe
her
identity
speaks
volumes
about
his
"conditioning
and
world
view.
Giving
a
point-by-point
rebuttal
to
Nigam's
comments
where
he
labelled
her
criticism
of
his
reported
defence
of
#MeToo
accused
Anu
Malik
as
'vomiting
on
Twitter',
Mohapatra
said
the
remarks
were
in
'bad
taste'.
"To
define
me
on
basis
of
a
relationship
with
another
person
&
not
as
an
individual,
going
to
the
extension
of
memory
loss
for
my
name;
a
gift
of
patriarchal
conditioning.
To
refer
to
my
opinions
and
stand
in
the
#MeToo
movement
as
vomiting';
bad
taste,"
she
wrote.
In
a
statement
on
Thursday,
Sonu
said,
"The
respectable
lady
vomiting
on
Twitter,
is
the
wife
of
someone
who
I
consider
very
close
to
me,
so
although
she's
has
forgotten
the
relationship,
I'd
like
to
maintain
the
decorum."
In
her
response,
Sona
also
said
that
she
refuse
to
call
Sonu
as
'someone's
papa
or
someone's
husband
or
someone's
son'.
"You
are
yet
for
me
one
of
the
greatest
classic
film
singers
of
India
and
someone
I
have
found
to
be
particularly
nice
to
me
every
time
we've
met
for
close
to
a
decade
and
half.
In
personal
and
professional
settings.
"That
you
found
no
other
means
of
experiencing
me
as
a
person
despite
knowing
me
for
over
a
decade,
but
as
a
wife',
speaks
volumes,
of
your
conditioning
and
world
view,"
Sona
said.
The
singer
is
married
to
composer
Ram
Sampath
and
the
duo
are
partners
in
their
music
production
house
OmGrown
Music.
She
said
she
will
not
'defend
or
behave
with
anyone
in
a
particular
manner
basis
a
personal
relationship.'
"We
occupy
a
public
space
as
artists
and
it
is
my
duty
to
stand
for
what
is
right.
Glad
you
value
your
relationship
with
my
partner
Ram
Sampath
with
whom
you
have
not
only
sung
songs
like
'Dil
Dooba' in
'Khakhee'
but
others
over
the
years.
"I
do
not
occupy
a
position
of
power
in
your
eyes
for
you
to
value
my
worth.
Know
one
thing
though,
not
all
relationships
are
basis,
give
and
take.
Some
are
basis
a
shared
value
and
belief
system.
We
possibly
have
none,
unfortunate," she
added.
Sona
said
it
is
'unbefitting" of
Sonu
to
"hide
under
bluster,
male
ego
and
pettiness'.
She
continued,
saying
that
his
defence
of
Malik
is
"disturbing,
horrifying
and
heartbreaking".
Nigam
was
quoted
as
saying
at
a
media
summit
over
the
weekend
that
Malik,
his
longtime
friend,
was
accused
without
any
proof
and
had
maintained
a
dignified
silence
on
the
#MeToo
allegations.
"Sonu
jee,
is
all
the
above
an
indication
of
someone
maintaining
decorum
&
grace?
A
showcase
of
your
peace
loving
and
non-quarrelsome
nature?"
Sona
wrote.
She
said
not
all
cases
of
sexual
harassment
and
misconduct
can
be
proved
in
court
of
law
but
that
does
not
mean
that
victims
stop
calling
out
the
accused
persons.
"Doesn't
mean
they
should
be
swept
under
the
carpet
&
the
perpetrator
go
about
life
without
a
care
in
this
world.
When
numerous/multiple
parties
speak
up
of
a
shared
trauma
against
the
same
person
and
you
refuse
to
either
hear
them
or
show
any
empathy,
know
that
you
are
complicit
to
this
lopsided
power
structure
and
system,"
she
wrote.
Malik
has
repeatedly
denied
all
the
allegations.
His
lawyer
told
PTI
in
October
that
the
#MeToo
movement
was
being
used
for
his
client's
"character
assassination".
Following
the
allegations,
the
music
composer
stepped
down
as
a
jury
member
from
"Indian
Idol",
a
singing
reality
show
of
which
he
was
part
since
its
inception
in
2004.