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It's None Of Your Business

Have you ever overheard a group of your friends or colleagues discussing your personal life behind your back? Or Has your relationship status ever been the measurement of the quality of your performance? Well, I'm sure quite a number of you must have experienced this. My question here is, does it feel right?

Every now and then, there are news all over the media regarding some celebrity linkups or breakups. Almost every single person likes to comment about other people's relationships. Rumours are spread, jokes are circulated and what not. Nobody wants to refrain from commenting on another person's private life.  What is astonishing to me is, just because a person is a public figure, how does it give you the authority to make an issue of their personal lives?

Recently, after winning a crucial match in T20 World Cup, thousands of people trolled Virat Kohli's ex-girlfriend Anushka Sharma for their breakup. The social media was full of jokes and cartoons stating that since the two had parted ways, there was a considerable boost in Virat's cricket performance. There was less of humour and more of insult in all that was going around. A notable moment in this situation was when Virat Kohli reminded the trolls how to respect another human being.

I completely fail to understand why do we need to make a joke about another individual's life. As everyone else, the celebrities are also entitled to a private space. We don't know what resulted in their split or patchup. We have no idea on who was at fault and who not. We are absolutely clueless about on what terms are they with each other. Then why, why do we have to gossip about them irrespective of whether it's a celebrity or not. Are we so bored of our own lives that we need to spice them up at the expense of someone else's privacy and emotions?
THINK!

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