Comments about his mother’s choice of lipstick colour at a family get-together prompted Kolkata resident Pushpak Sen to post a picture on Facebook. The accompanying text and picture, that shows a bearded Sen with bright red lipstick and kohl-lined eyes, has since been widely shared on social media, with many praising him for taking a stand.

As per a report in The Indian Express, in the post accompanying the picture, Sen wrote about what had happened. “My mother, a woman of 54 years, got slutshamed, by some of our nearest relatives, for wearing a red lipstick at a family get-together,” he wrote.