‘Only those who work make mistakes’: Anupam Kher after his ‘image-building’ comment

A couple of days after Anupam Kher’s interview in which he was critical of the central government’s handling of Covid-19, the actor has shared a few lines of verse on his Twitter handle that seem to be related to the interview.

The lines are in Hindi and read as follows:

“गलती उन्हीं से होती है
जो काम करते हैं,
निकम्मों की ज़िंदगी तो
दूसरों की बुराई खोजने में ही
ख़त्म हो जाती है..:)”

The tweet can be roughly translated as: “Only those who work make mistakes. Ne’er-do-wells spend their lives only pointing out faults in others.”

In the interview Anupam Kher gave to NDTV, the actor said a lot of criticism levelled against the government was valid. The remarks were surprising for many and were much discussed on social media sites as Kher has been seen as a proponent for PM Narendra Modi and his government.