There is a reason why people who have sincerely followed Indian Cinema love Kabir Bedi. Apart from being an immensely talented actor, he is also a gem of a man. 

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The veteran actor recently uploaded a video on Instagram, laying down some basic ways that using which people can fight COVID-19.

Although the video shares some tips that should be pretty common knowledge or a thing of common sense by now, the sad reality is, that for a few people, it isn’t.

For example, his daughter, Pooja Bedi, put up a video from Goa a few weeks back. When accused of showing off her privilege at a time when several people are facing death and severe health issues, she clamped down by saying that living with masks is akin to being caged, and that she wasn’t showing off her privilege, but merely “enjoying her freedom.”

Joys of living in healthy, happy #goa .
Free your mind #NoFear
Life is meant to be lived... not spent caged and masked for a year/ years in fear of a virus that's clearly not going away!
If you died tomorrow after year of masking/lockdown.. what would ur greatest regret be? pic.twitter.com/ydXG5OGsou

To make matters worse, Pooja, when confronted with the fact that there are several areas of the country where lockdowns and curfews have been imposed, stated that Goa isn’t one of those places with the lockdown.

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Furthermore, when someone suggested that she should be facing charges for enticing people to break covid protocols, she flippantly responded, saying - “It's obvious no one will wear a mask while eating, drinking (in an aeroplane, restaurants, or in public places) or while taking a picture/ video.” She also asked the man if all the politicians pictured without masks at public events should be arrested: “Politicians across the country have been seen posing without masks at functions. Will you arrest them too?”

Several actors like Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Shruti Hasan, and Amit Sadh have stated that showing off one’s vacation pictures, or “freedom” as Ms Bedi would have put it, reeks of privilege and insensitivity.

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Coming back to Kabir Bedi’s video, he puts up some very basic, but effective ways that one can fight and survive against COVID-19. These include wearing a good mask that actually offers some protection, washing your hands regularly especially if you have to step out for some reason, getting vaccinated in a timely manner, and most importantly, educate non-masked people.

We hope people and celebrities, who are busy “enjoying their freedom” do take note of this, and follow it religiously.

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