Daily Times

Pakistani diva Meera has made the buzz again recently with her interview to BBC Asian Network’s Haroon Rashid at the Lux Style Awards red carpet where she was seen asking the reporter to ‘support’ her Twitter account. Just as Haroon reassured her his support, I assure Meera of my support for her Twitter account as well.

Here are the five reasons why:

She’s witty

You have to give it to her, she’s witty. Regardless of whether or not this is an act, she does get us all the time and we all end up enjoying her sense of humour.

She’s unapologetic

Wrong English? Not modern enough? Bad actor? Would do whatever it takes to get ahead and to everything her critics have to say to her, she has zero sh*ts to give. As she tells BBC Asian Network reporter, she’s beautiful and she’s confident.

She’s unbreakable

Marriage after marriage, rumour after rumour, scandal after scandal. From claims of remarriage while already being married to someone else to the leaked amateur porno with former spouse Captain Naveed, is there anything that can break her? NO! Meera simply is unbreakable.

She inspires

Her struggle of making it on her own; being one of the fewest female actors who worked in the Show Business at the time and making it all the way to Bollywood. She’s still going strong after all these years which is truly inspiring.

She’s open to learning and adapting new things

This one’s my favourite. Meera Jee has reincarnated in the digital world. With her presence on nearly all major social platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and even YouTube, Meera has made herself relevant in the age of pretentious teen who’d rather get entertained with a viral Meera video than let’s say watch a classic Meera flick.

Meera is often the subject of hate directed towards her especially on social medial. Oftentimes, she becomes a laughing stock for her English and all those videos where she slipped her tongue go viral and have nasty comments. What those commenters don’t realise is that a language – especially the second language – does not define a person. Everyone slips when it comes to the second language every now and then and people have to stop making fun of others for slipping tongues and speaking in ‘funny’ dialects and accents. For me, the fact that Meera Jee slips her tongue while speaking in English doesn’t mean anything – although, sometimes I enjoy those videos…guilty. And for me the reasons mentioned above are enough to ‘support’ her and her Twitter. Convinced? Then I want you to support her Twitter too.

The writer is the Digital Editor, Daily Times and can be reached at me@farhanjanjua.com. He tweets and instagrams @FarhanJanjua