Since the 2014 Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has spoken on the situation in Kashmir, the whole twitter is backlashing her for her comments. While some have alleged her of selective outrage, including BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje, and asked her to dare to speak for the minorities in Pakistan, others took a step forward claiming that she didn’t deserve the Noble prize at first place.

Malala tweeted that she talked to people living and working in Kashmir- journalists, human rights lawyers and students. She expressed her concern over girls not being able to attend schools and also on reports of people being jailed. One may raise questions on why she haven’t spoken about sindhis in Pakistan but to slam her for showing concern for people of Kashmir is simply not fair. This trend of shuting people by asking ‘where were you then?’, is not not letting issues to be acknowledged. Indian shooter Heena Sidhu, somewhat reminding Malala of situation in Pakistan, tweeted “Ok so you propose handing over Kashmir to Pakistan because over there girls like yourself have had tooooo good of an education that you nearly lost your life and ran away from your country never to return. Why dont you show us by going back to Pakistan first??”. Heena must have misread Malala’s tweet because she didn’t ask Indian government to hand over Kashmir to Pakistan, instead she asked United Nations to work for peace in Kashmir.

There is need to listen to each and every voice, whether it belongs to minorities of India, Pakistan or United States. We must not forget that she had stood up against the extremities in her own country for the rights of girls. It takes far more courage to take a bullet on head than trending #shameonmalala on Twitter.