After expressing disappointment over Taliban Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's reception in India, Javed Akhtar tweeted about how some "sharp-witted women journalists" like Anjana Om Kashyap should have attended his press conference. A troll wrote, "Sir, you're an artist, why don't you dress up like...woman and attend that press conference!" He responded, "Why were you born with such a low IQ?"