Trending News Today March 11, 2020: ‘You Are No Longer Hot’: Milind Soman Trolled After He Reveals He Was A Part of RSS While Growing Up

In his memoir ‘Made In India’, Soman revealed that he had trained at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) when he was young

New Delhi: On Tuesday, model-turned-runner Milind Soman sent social media into a tizzy after he revealed that he was a part of the Hindu right wing organization – Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), when he was young.

In his memoir ‘Made In India’, Soman revealed that he had trained at the RSS and that being part of an RSS shakha was “a very Shivaji Park thing” for a young boy to do back then. Here is an excerpt:

“My memories of what happened at our shakha between 6 and 7 p.m. each weekday evening are completely different—we marched about in our khaki shorts, did some yoga, worked out in a traditional outdoor gymnasium with no fancy equipment, sang songs and chanted Sanskrit verses that we did not understand the meanings of, played games and had a bunch of fun with our fellows.”

Further, Soman also stated that he was baffled by the ‘subversive, communal propaganda’ being attributed to the RSS by the media today. Comparing it to the ‘Desi Scouts’, he added that the leaders of the organisation wanted to groom ‘civilian soldiers’, who’d behave respectfully towards everyone and paid attention to physical fitness.

Soon after the revelation, Milind trended furiously on Twitter as many couldn’t believe Soman’s RSS link. Many on Twitter declared that he is ‘no longer hot’ and that he has been ‘cancelled’.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

You're no longer hot. pic.twitter.com/pDarPgrc3J

— scindia crawford (@BucketheadCase) March 10, 2020

No wonder #milindsoman poses so well in his underwear. His training from his youth has been in RSS nickers.

— Nandini D'souza (@nandinid) March 10, 2020

https://twitter.com/garimagarg_/status/1237398398883356677

Woke girls after hearing Milind Soman is a RSS fan @coolfunnytshirt pic.twitter.com/j9cJfSRlDS

— ankit (@ankitt_15) March 10, 2020

These Milind Soman types are exactly those for whom the term ‘padha likha gamwar’ was coined for

— Stuti (@StuteeMishra) March 11, 2020

Liberal woke teenage girl when she finds out that her crush Milind Soman is a sanghi. pic.twitter.com/ZYOJsUIL9W

— Dr. Invertebrate Batman (@Your_Levodopa) March 10, 2020

Is Milind Soman’s hotness herewith cancelled? Or has RSS finally found a poster boy?

— Namrata Joshi (@Namrata_Joshi) March 10, 2020

Minute of silence for all liberal girls who used to swoon over Milind Soman

— Ahmed Shariff (@TheAhmedShariff) March 10, 2020

However being the sport that he is, Soman jokingly wrote how at 54 he is trending for the thing he did at the age of 10:

Trending at 54 for an experience I had at the age of 10. 🤪🤪🤪🤪 wish it was about swimming, which was at the same time!

— Milind Usha Soman (@milindrunning) March 10, 2020

Milind Soman’s wife Ankita too reacted hilariously to the conversation, sharing that childhood experiences could really stir up some conversations.

Wow a childhood experience can really stir up some conversations 😆
I think I was chasing butterflies when I was 10. Anyone else? https://t.co/XgRdtAqug3

— Ankita Konwar (@5Earthy) March 10, 2020

According to theprint.in, Soman recalls that his father had been part of the RSS himself and was a proud Hindu. “I didn’t see what there was to be proud about, but on the other hand, I didn’t see that there was much to complain about either,” he writes in his memoir.

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