On Thursday (April 20), an alleged employee at Indian multinational corporation Wipro courted controversy for sharing a derogatory meme of Lord Ram and Goddess Sita.
Identified as one Soma Sarkar, she shared a post wherein Lord Ram was shown throwing Goddess Sita into a burning pyre. It was accompanied by the caption ‘Ram after rescuing Sita from Ravana.’
“Chaddis (a derogatory term for RSS members) will say Ravaan kidnapped the shadow of Sita. Bolo Jay Shree Raam,” she commented with a laughing emoji.
Screenshots of her contentious Facebook post began doing the rounds of other social media platforms. Netizens criticised Soma Sarkar for her remarks and sought action against her from her alleged employer, Wipro.
“Hey @Wipro she is Soma sarkar who claims to be working as Senior Pharmacovigilance Associate at Wipro. She is posting blasphemous content on Facebook, do you promote these types of employees??” wrote one user.
Hey @Wipro she is Soma sarkar who claims to be working as Senior Pharmacovigilance Associate at Wipro. She is posting blasphemous content on Facebook, do you promote these types of employees?? pic.twitter.com/w2rCDv0C57
— Sachin (@Sachinxlife) April 21, 2023
Another user tweeted, “Hello, @KolkataPolice, this girl name #SomaSarkar is abusing Lord Ram & Lord Krishna and posting derogatory post against Hinduism. Please take actions against her.”
Opindia was able to find the cached copy of her LinkedIn profile, wherein her designation was stated as ‘Pharmacovigilance Assistant’ at Wipro. At the time of writing, Soma Sarkar had deleted/deactivated her account.
On her LinkedIn profile, the name of her alma mater is listed as ‘NSHM College of Management and Technology.’ On visiting the varsity site, we found the name of Soma Sarkar mentioned in the list of students placed at Wipro Pvt Ltd. in 2020.
On her Instagram profile (@flying_megh), one of her posts from earlier this month was accompanied by hashtags ‘wipro’, ‘wiproites’ and ‘wiprokolkata.’
Although several social media users had sought a response from Wipro, the corporation did not respond to the allegations or issued a statement in this regard.
Opindia has reached out to Wipro via its contact form and publicly available email correspondence. The article will be updated after we receive a response from the company.
