While a nation mourns the loss of India’s nightingale Lata Mangeshkar, controversy seems awash with the Badshah of Bollywood for his actions at her funeral. King Khan was accused by some netizens of “spitting”  after offering some final rite prayers based on some video footage. Social media found netizens arguing from either side of what some perceived as a mark of disrespect.
For those not familiar with Muslim customs, it may have looked as though SRK was spitting.

However, it was not so at all. He was actually blowing in the wind which is a ritual that is performed after someone has done a prayer. The intention is to make sure that the prayer reaches the person it’s supposed to and for protecting the spirit of the departed from negative forces.

What all this denotes is people needing to think for themselves before leaping onto what twitterati decides should be news. As one could see, the actor was holding his hands up in the air while reciting something as part of this sequence. He also circled the pyre as another mark of respect.  So do think before you tweet.