Actor Mohanlal has been criticized on social media for posting a Women's Day wish with words from the ancient legal book Manusmriti. Their question is whether texts from a book that promotes patriarchal thinking and contains extremely anti-feminist texts should be used to greet women. Many people came under Mohanlal's social media post pointing out this.

Excerpt from Manusmriti posted by Mohanlal:

'yatra nāryastu pūjyante ramante tatra devatāḥ।
yatraitāstu na pūjyante sarvāstatrāphalā:'
(Divinity flourishes where woman is revered
But where the woman is abused, all action fails.)

While some argue that the text itself is anti-feminist and that women should not be given special respect, others say that it is better to remain silent than to wish Women's Day with the text from Manusmriti. But in the comment box, you can see a few people attacking the critics of Mohanlal saying there is nothing wrong with his post.