Billionaire Ananya Birla Shows Off Middle Finger Sign On Her Mini Cooper [Video]
Indian billionaire Ananya Birla has a strong interest in cars. She has previously been spotted with several luxury and sports cars. She has several luxury and sports cars in her garage and is often spotted driving them. The female boss of Hindalco Industries Limited is quite active on Instagram and has over 1 million followers at the time of writing. One of her recent reels has been racking up views and has set the internet laughing. In it, we see her showing off the new ‘middle finger’ LED lights on her Mini Cooper convertible!
The car in this video is a Mini Cooper convertible, likely to be a 2013 model. It was a gift from her parents on her 19th birthday. She still keeps it and is often seen driving around in it.
In the video, we see her park the car and casually walk towards its rear. She has a remote control in her hand. On the Mini’s rear windscreen, we can see a ‘hand symbol’. She presses a button on the remote control, and we see the hand light up, but with a twist. It now shows the middle-finger gesture- a classic insult!
Text on the video reads ‘POV: Me expressing myself without rolling the window down’. Yes, this setup can be the right ‘gift’ for casual honkers, tailgaters and people who create nuisance on public roads.
In the description, Ananya asked her followers: “ Does anyone relate?”. Instagram users soon started engaging with the content. A quick stroll through comments reveals that the billionaire isn’t the only one who finds this light useful on the Indian roads.
It should now be made clear that Ananya used this light just for content creation and used it inside a parking lot and not on a public road. The video has had over 1.1 million views so far. Netizens love the humour and relatability.
Let’s now clear the fog for people who still wonder what the lighting setup on her car was. It was just a simple Amazon find- an LED Gesture Hand Light that can be bought for Rs 1300 or less. It lets you turn ON/Off or change patterns (gestures) with the help of a remote control.
Different models are now available on Amazon. These differ in the number of LEDs (more bulbs gives better precision!), number of gestures, power sources and mounts offered. There are some which can be fixed on the rear windscreen using small suction mounts, and there are models that come with 3M adhesive strips. Both battery-powered and 12V-socket powered models are available as well.
Yes, it can look cool to give the 'middle finger' gesture to those who honk annoyingly or tailgate you for no reason. But, it can get you beaten up! Even worse, doing so can get you fines or jail-time, as using this gesture in public, is obviously a huge insult (or an obscene act).
It can be prosecuted under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Section 294 being an easy example. In fact, someone even received a 6-month jail sentence for using this gesture in an incident of road rage!
Ananya Birla’s reel can potentially influence thousands of people to buy this quirky car gadget. But when and how to use it, is something one has to decide based on logic and unadulterated reasoning! Reel life and real life are as different as night and day!