‘Purely my choice’: Zaira Wasim speaks for woman eating in a niqab

Mumbai, May 29 : Former actress Zaira Wasim, who was seen in films like Dangal and The Sky Is Pink before quitting in 2019, has shared a post on how it is entirely her choice to eat without removing her niqab.

Zaira took to her Twitter to react to a users post who had shared a picture of a woman eating food with one hand while holding her niqab with her other.

The picture was shared by the user with the caption: "Is this a choice of a human being?"Reacting to the tweet, Zaira replied, "Just attended a wedding.Ate exactly like this.Purely my choice.

Even when everyone around me kept nagging me that I take the niqab off.I didnt.We dont do it for you.Deal with it."Zaira gained recognition with her performance in the Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal.She was later seen in Secret Superstar.

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