'Hope this illness doesn't reach India': Ola's Bhavish Aggarwal slams gender pronouns, sparks debate

Founder and CEO of Ola Bhavish Aggarwal took to X to share his thought on gender pronouns and sparked a debate on the microblogging platform. In his post, he hoped that the “pronoun illness” does not reach India and urged people to draw a line in following “the west blindly”.

Aggarwal asked LinkedIn’s AI bot about himself and shared a screenshot of the answer. The chatbot used “they” and “their” to address the CEO. “Hoping that this “pronoun illness” doesn’t reach India,” he wrote while sharing the post.

He also claimed that many “big city schools” in India were teaching how to use gender pronouns to children. “Also see many CVs with pronouns these days. Need to know where to draw the line in following the west blindly!”

“Screenshot is from LinkedIn’s AI bot. This ‘pronouns illness’ is being perpetuated in India by MNCs without us Indians even realising it,” Aggarwal added.

Since being shared on Monday, the post has swiftly garnered traction online. Aggarwal’s opinion also ignited a debate on X and the comments section was absolutely flooded with reactions. While some people wholeheartedly agreed with him, others advocated the need for gender pronouns.