Javed Akhtar Suggests Gender-Neutral Pronouns ‘HESH’ and ‘SHIM’ Instead of He/She, Gets Mixed Response

Popular lyricist Javed Akhtar took to Twitter and suggested some gender-neutral pronouns which can be used instead of he/him and she/her. He suggested that we can to substitute the pronouns ‘he/she’ and ‘him/her’ with the terms ‘hesh’ and ‘shim’ respectively. And well, netizens dropped mixed response.

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You mean you are promoting polygamy for women too for equality?

And they can dress like men now without extra coverings?

— Shining Star 🇮🇳 (@ShineHamesha) July 10, 2021

Umm

La KoNCeL KUltuRe a encore frappée contre මJavedakhtarjadu. 2 fois est-ce que c'est suffisant මsamyakjain70 🤔 pic.twitter.com/1SzvGdo6X6

— Canceller Bot 🤖 (@CancellerBot) July 10, 2021

OKAY!

Sir uber Urdu lyricist, you should stick to what you are doing and try not to reinvent the wheel 🤣 pic.twitter.com/xcrPsGIq1k

— Tushar Kant Naik 🇮🇳ॐ♫₹ (@Tushar_KN) July 10, 2021

They, It is!

There's this incredible word that was created. Its called "they" try using it sometimes.

— Harshith C S (@CS_Harshith) July 10, 2021

Really?

Sir aap dusro ka kaam chori kro....faltu ka dimag mt lagao pic.twitter.com/G4EkhPGdSd

— Abhiii (@Abhiii___30) July 10, 2021

Oh!

'She' actually does include 'he' in the word.

Why don't we just go with 'she' to mean both?

— Piyul Mukherjee (@Piyul) July 10, 2021

Lol!

Sasta maal phunk diya sar

— Indic Bloke| Alphatoonist Stan (@Indicbloke) July 10, 2021

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