Anurag Kashyap Quits Twitter After His Daughter & Family Receive Threats: Read His Final Tweets
Anurag Kashyap announced that he will be quitting Twitter because his daughter and his parents have been receiving death threats. The filmmaker has always shared his opinions freely.
Anurag
Kashyap
is
one
of
those
people
who
has
always
shared
his
opinions
freely.
More
than
that,
he
is
a
filmmaker
who
has
always
placed
enormous
value
on
free
speech.
So,
when
he
announced
that
he
is
quitting
Twitter
because
his
family
has
been
receiving
threats,
this
not
only
came
as
a
shock
but
we
also
felt
a
big
disappointment
in
the
state
of
affairs
regarding
free
speech
in
the
country.
Read
further
to
know
what
Anurag's
final
two
tweets
were.
Announcing
his
decision
to
quit
social
media
on
August
10,
Anurag
Kashyap
wrote,
"When
your
parents
start
to
get
calls
and
your
daughter
gets
online
threats
then
you
know
no
one
wants
to
talk.
There
is
going
to
be
no
reason
or
rationale.
Thugs
will
rule
and
thuggery
will
be
the
new
way
of
life.
Congratulations
everyone
on
this
new
India
and
hope
you
thrive."
(sic)
Another
tweet
read,
"When
I
won't
be
allowed
to
speak
my
mind
without
fear,
I
would
rather
not
speak
at
all."
(sic)
Recently,
Anurag
was
one
of
the
49
public
personalities
who
wrote
an
open
letter
about
the
increasing
rate
of
hate
crimes
in
the
country.
According
to
Firstpost,
the
filmmaker
began
receiving
death
threats
since
then,
and
nine
of
the
signatories
had
criminal
cases
registered
against
them.
Anurag
explained
his
decision
to
quit
Twitter
to
the
publication,
and
said,
"When
threats
go
beyond
the
online
[world]
and
reach
your
family,
it's
time
to
call
it
off.
I
wish
the
best
to
this
country
and
people,
and
everyone
celebrating
this
new
India.
Unko
mubarak
ho.
I
will
go
be
an
ostrich
and
bury
my
head
in
the
sand
and
do
my
work."