Hope this 'pronoun illness' doesn’t reach India: Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on gender pronouns

Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal in a post on X spoke on gender pronouns that sparked debate on the social media platform.

In his post, the CEO said that "hope this pronoun illness does not reach India."

"Many big city schools in India are now teaching it to kids. Also see many CVs with pronouns these days. Need to know where to draw the line in following the west blindly!," said Aggarwal.


He further said, "This “pronouns illness” is being perpetuated in India by MNCs without us Indians even realising it."

Aggarwal's post ignited a debate on social media.

"Big OLA fan now," wrote one user. "Thank you for speaking out. Inclusivity & diversity are good, but they can't be imported as is from the West," wrote another.

“Why am I not surprised? Just disappointed in you. Such potential,” said another user.

One more user wrote, "They/them pronouns are used when the gender of the person is not available/not known to the person, typically only in written communication. It is literally one of the rules of English grammar and has nothing to do with preferred pronouns. "