Mr Dutt, which era do you belong to?

Actor Sanjay Dutt, nursing political ambitions, trudging the path his beloved wife and the Samajwadi Party politico Amar Singh have carved out for his haven, just made a shocking statement. Sanjay Dutt, whose dark past looms over his head still. Despite Manyata. Despite his grandiose political foray.

That his sister Priya Dutt should no longer use the family name as she does not belong to the Dutt family. Whatever be the state of his mind, unlike his sister who has tried to ward off any family tensions between the siblings, he has decided to damage his father's legacy outright.

I am married. Much before we got married, my husband and I mutually decided that I will keep my maternal name that forms my identity rather than mindlessly change it. Who has the right to change my name just because I am married? Not the society that cares nothing about my safety if I dare walk out of my home at midnight. Not the system that somehow believes a woman should stay indoors to stay away from wolves, rather than reign the wolves in. How should a change in my name make me any more safe from their prying eyes? How does it make my character any more pious? Or any less?

Use this logic Mr Dutt, you have no right to decide your sister's family name. It comes to her with parentage. Her parents. Your parents. You are a sibling ambitious in politics now. Do not drag conservative gender-bashing into the game.