Twitter CEO amid social media storm for 'smash Brahminical patriarchy' placard
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has kicked up a social media storm in India after a picture of him with a placard saying "smash Brahminical patriarchy" went viral in one of the company's fastest-growing markets, Aljazeera informed.
The reference to Brahmins, the traditional priestly class who sit atop the rigid caste hierarchy, outraged some Hindus when the photograph was posted online by a Twitter user under the name Anna MM Vetticad on Sunday evening.
Several prominent Indians, including TV Mohandas Pai, a former finance chief of software firm Infosys, accused Dorsey of "hate mongering" against Brahmins.
Twitter India said the poster was handed to Dorsey by a Dalit activist when it hosted a closed-door discussion with a group of women to know more about their experience using the micro-blogging platform.
It added the poster was a "tangible reflection of our company's efforts to see, hear, and understand all sides of important public conversations that happen on our service around the world".