Popular YouTube-based educator ‘Khan Sir’ has responded to trolls about why his wife wore a red veil (ghoonghat) during one of the wedding functions.
Khan Sir, whose real name is reportedly Faisal Khan, got married in an intimate ceremony in Bihar last month before hosting a grand reception for family, friends and relatives. However, the celebrations were overshadowed when social media users criticised Khan Sir over his wife’s veil.
‘Everyone saw Khan Sir, but not his wife’
Activist Deepika Narayan Bharadwaj criticised Khan Sir saying that “everyone saw him but not his wife”. One social media user said that after removing the veil from all evils, Khan Sir himself fell for one, adding, “There’s a difference between preaching and practising.”
“Khan Sir, who opposed the veil and burqa all his life, is behaving this way with his own wife,” yet another Internet user wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).
Khan Sir breaks silence on wife’s veil
Addressing the issue on a podcast with ANI’s Smita Prakash, Khan Sir revealed that his wife decided to keep the veil as she wanted to stand out from the rest of the gathering. “My wife decided to wear the veil at the reception. She said it was her childhood dream and that a lot of girls dream of becoming a bride with a veil. As per her, the bride has a different identity wearing the veil in a crowd of people,” said Khan Sir.
“She said since everyone was already dressed at the reception, the veil would help her stand out. I told her people would blame me, to which she replied, ‘No, it’s my childhood dream’. She was adamant that she wanted to be this way, and at the end, we agreed that it was her decision,” he added.
As for why he got married in a hush-hush way, Khan Sir revealed it was because of the recent military conflict between India and Pakistan following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. According to him, his parents were concerned and that was why he decided to hold the wedding as soon as possible. When asked if the backlash on social media affected him, Khan Sir replied: “No, we come from a village. And we cannot leave the village behind.”