Priyanka Chopra posted a beautiful video on the occasion of India's 72nd Independence Day. Guess what happened next? She got trolled. The video has a wonderful backdrop of brightly lit Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj terminus, a light hum of Vande Mataram and Priyanka's equally beautiful message. However, the message was expressed in 'English' and not in 'Hindi' which became the reason to troll her. The video has PeeCee telling people to celebrate the differences and to respect the freedom of self-expression.

Ironically, desi girl's self-expression was not taken sportingly by her followers. They claimed to like the context of her video but not her accent or her language which was English. They asked her as to why is she not speaking in 'Hindi'?

#HappyIndependenceDay India. #JaiHind

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Well, this one is far from justifications and we don't even need one. PC said in her video, 'Freedom is about free will. Freedom is You being You and Me being Me'. However, yet again, she was not allowed to be herself here and we wonder why there is no appreciation left in the world of social media. The trolls will never get enough of what the celebs do and giving them any kind of attention would be a sheer waste of time. If she is not allowed to express in the way she is comfortable with then why are they even celebrating this day?

Of course, everyone is entitled to an opinion on social media but so is she. This Independence Day, let us hope that the internet gets free of trolls and there's only harmony existing.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Aug 15, 2018 03:35 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).