Mumbai local train: A video of the Mumbai local train is becoming increasingly viral, in which a woman wearing a woman is seen arguing with her friends. This incident has sparked heated debate in the online world on topics like freedom, identity and religious expression.
The video, posted on 26 August 2025 by a user named ‘Trini’ on X, is of a box of a Mumbai local train. It is seen in the video that a woman is heard scolding a girl in anger with a girl wearing a burqa, the girl was traveling with her Hindu friends.
‘If you want to roam naked, then walk without a burqa’
The woman accuses the young traveler of “embarrassing the community” in a loud voice. In the video, she can be heard saying: “Look at this Muslim girl, it is embarrassing our community … If you want to roam naked, walk without wearing a burqa. Our burqa is getting maligned.”
The passengers sitting in the coach of the train on these comments of the woman looked quite uncomfortable, some looked at each other with concerns, while others kept watching everything with silence. The girl who was being commented, is feeling shameful during this debate.
Local trains of Mumbai, called the lifeline of Mumbai, go viral between women and men, but this special video has come out of the train compartment and has launched a debate about personal freedom, identity and cultural sensitivity.
People are making such comments on social media
Hundreds of comments have come on this video. Many social media users condemned the woman’s comments as intolerant and retrograde, while some others argued that the girl should not be the subject of public investigation. Hundreds of comments have come on this video.