Actress Deepika Singh Goyal Posed With Trees Uprooted by Cyclone Tauktae to 'Embrace Nature'

Monsoons in Mumbai is synonymous with ‘garam chai and pakode’ – if you’re privileged sufficient to stay in a home that won’t crash down on you owing to the rain. As Cyclone Tauktae made landfall on the Gujarat coast, leaving 13 useless in its wake, the neighbouring state of Maharashtra, particularly Mumbai, additionally witnessed the results of the cyclone. Dramatic visuals posted on social media confirmed the Gateway of India flooding and a sewer in Mumbai overflowing and disposing of the human-generated trash again onto the streets. However not all people appears to have stored in thoughts the depth of the destruction, even in their very own metropolis.

TV Actress, Deepika Singh Goyal, identified for her function in ‘Diya Aur Baati Hum‘ posted what can solely be thought-about an oblivious to the world, tone-deaf photoshoot amid damaged timber in Mumbai. Yep, she posed in timber which have been knocked down by Cyclone TaukTae.

Captioning the photoshoot, she wrote, “You may’t calm the storm, so cease attempting. What you are able to do is calm your self, embrace the character and it’s gloomy moods as a result of the storm will move.” She then added a second put up, a video, captioning it, “Life isn’t about ready for the storm to move, it’s studying to bop within the rain.”

It didn’t finish there. Her third put up, stated “into the woods. #havingfun #rains #love”

A tag on the primary photograph explains why she thought her photoshoot with an uprooted tree was justified. “Ps: This tree fell proper exterior my home no person obtained damage, however whereas placing it away from my door, Rohit and I managed to take few photos to recollect the #cyclonetauktae!”

Her put up was not nicely obtained – with a number of individuals calling her out within the feedback of her pictures on the tone-deafness of the scenario the place a cyclone had brought about destruction.

Screenshots of her photoshoot additionally made their technique to Twitter, the place she was on the receiving finish of flak too.

Whereas rains in Mumbai might encourage ‘petrichor’ and social media has visuals from high-rises taking pictures of the sky, it’s a luxurious just for the privileged. In the event you stay in casual housing or the slum areas of Mumbai, rains usually are not romanticized: They’re an indication of destroy: Your roof might fall down on you, or get blown away. Soiled water might seep into your own home, bringing with it water-borne ailments. This time round throughout monsoons, a scene from the South Korean film which swept the Oscars final 12 months, Parasite, has been used to depict the distinction between privilege and lack of it throughout monsoons in Mumbai.

The cyclone will enter Rajasthan by late Tuesday night time, and can weaken by Could 20, stated Radhey Shyam Sharma, regional director of the meteorological division. The seven districts affected by the storm are Jalore, Sirohi, Udaipur, Pali, Dungarpur, Chittorgarh, and Rajsamand within the southern a part of the state.