Harsh Goenka trolled for cracking sexist, body-shaming 'wife jokes' on Twitter

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, March 7

Industrialist Harsh Goenka ‘sexist joke’ on Twitter has not gone down well with the users.

The 'body-shaming wife joke' may have been considered funny by a few, but he did draw ire over it from others.

“I was having a candlelight dinner, a rare occasion, with my wife. She told me softly “Pass the wine, my divine". I thought to myself ‘how clever, how poetic’… so I wanted the bread and reciprocated without thinking “pass the roti, my m _ _ _! Writing from the hospital !" Goenka’s tweet reads.

Below are the reactions:

I was having a candlelight dinner, a rare occasion, with my wife.
She told me softly "Pass the wine, my divine".
I thought to myself ‘how clever, how poetic'... so I wanted the bread and reciprocated without thinking "pass the roti, my m _ _ _!

Writing from the hospital 🏥!

— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) March 5, 2023

Not funny.

— Shania Jacobs (@b0gainvillea) March 5, 2023

Indian women do Rs 10 times the unpaid work that Indian men do - abt the worst ratio in the world

Harshji, since your 'jokes' usually skew only one way in terms of gender, should balance a bit, no?

My request:please use your reach to show up patriarchy, rather than reinforce it pic.twitter.com/DhE8TRJOXi

— Devina Mehra (@devinamehra) March 6, 2023

Hahahhahahahahaha ..cute
.hope nothing serious at the hospital ..even if it is..please know that this too shall pass!

— Atika Farooqui (@atikafarooqui) March 6, 2023

Roz utho … sexist what’s app forward tweet karo… ratio ho… so jao 🥲 https://t.co/scwcZnT6NQ

— Nishant (@nishant0511) March 6, 2023

Tomorrow this whatsapp connoisseur would b wishing happy women's day to all the durgas and shaktis of his life! Today is another story though. https://t.co/NKdOnv3Qp3

— Ashima Sharda (@ShardaAshima) March 6, 2023

Wife se bach bhi gaye to ab Troll army nahi chhoregi

— VK (@vkfintech) March 6, 2023

This is problematic on so many counts, but not surprising, coming from someone who made fun of the poor!

I'm going to judge everyone who retweets or engages with this jerk Harsh Goenka from now on !

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— Katyusha (@Indian10000000) March 6, 2023