Shruti Seth Said What She Felt About #SelfieWithBeti in Her Open Letter

Namo's campaign,#SelfieWithBeti, was launched to spread awareness about India's skewed-up sex ratio. The janta of Twitter flooded the social media platform with photographs of themselves with their daughters. Even celebrities like Sachin Tendulkar pitched in. But, some people were not satisfied with just a photo. Shruti Seth spoke up. She questioned the campaign and ended up on the receiving end of hate messages and trolls .

The hatred I've encountered today on a difference of opinion just goes to show this is no country for women. #SelfieWithDaughter #suchasham

— Shruti Seth (@SethShruti) June 29, 2015

Finally you've managed to make me trend more than #SelfieWithDaughter Thank you trolls for all the love. My job here is done. Nice

— Shruti Seth (@SethShruti) June 29, 2015

Here's a jist of she wrote in her open letter "A little note to India" 

The comment stirred up a storm on social media and several hateful things were said about Shruti. 

As usual, the trolls got way too personal.

Shruti justified her critisism for the campaign:

And also added a question for all the hater:

She concluded her letter with a few words to the PM: 

Dear Sir, 
If you truly wish to empower women I urge you to condemn this kind of hatred being spread in your name. 
Regretfully, I deleted my initial tweet because of the backlash. But I stand by what I said and I'll reiterate it here: "Selfies don't bring about change, reform does. So please try and be bigger than a photograph. Come on!"
And as for my initial reservation about the initiative being nothing more than eyewash, I am deeply saddened to see that, in the end, I was proved right.