After the first episode of Shark Tank India Season 2 premiered on Monday and the internet was taken over by upset netizens. People came forward calling Namita Thapar and Aman Gupta’s decision to not invest in the brand Recode “childish” and “lame”. Their reasoning was they don’t invest in their friends’ competition and that had Netizens comparing this to Nepotism in Bollywood. But Namita Thapar has a reply to these claims.
Being a shark doesn’t mean we are not entitled to our independent values & speaking candidly so if I don’t invest in a fellow sharks competition, that’s me, no regrets & if I call out toxicity & don’t join the ignorant that celebrate people w lack of integrity.. that’s me 🙂
— Namita (@namitathapar) January 3, 2023
Namita took to Twitter and said that their positions on the show don’t mean that they are not entitled to have their own values and opinions. She said if she doesn’t want to invest in her friends’ competition that’s her opinion and that she has no regrets about it. She added that if she doesn’t join the ignorant in celebrating lack of integrity and if she calls out toxicity, that’s also up to her.
Who is the toxicity comment about ? Samajhdar ko ishara kaafi ?
— Namita (@namitathapar) January 3, 2023
Calling out everyone that questioned the sharks’ decision to not invest in the homegrown makeup brand Recode, she indirectly called Netizens ignorant and toxic. And also it indirectly implies that the brand Recode has a “lack of integrity”. She even followed up her tweet answering people who asked who is she hinting at when she says “toxicity”. Saying “Samajhdaar ko ishara kaafi” again implies that the people questioning their decision are toxic.
You are not even self made entrepreneur so its obvious you dont understand how someone can be self made !
The format of the show is to support entrepreneurship not to show your friendship goal on TV !— ommbhaskar ?? (@OMMBHASKAR) January 3, 2023
Netizens again didn’t take this response well and replied calling her “not self-made” and calling her logic “an utter non-sensical theory”. Some said that it wasn’t the decision but rather their behaviour towards the brand that was problematic. While some said that then they shouldn’t call people to the show if they want to play friendship. And that they limit giving fair opportunities to entrepreneurs which is the format of the show. All of this while calling to the producers of the show to bring in “neutral investors”.
This is utter non sensical theory. If you want to play friendship then why call ppl to the show. You limit creativity and opportunities and that’s can’t be justified by saying holy words of value. So exit the show or give chance to neutral investors looking for business.
— ThePoliticalEntrepreneur ?? (@The_PoliticalE) January 3, 2023
