India, July 28 -- Television actor Devoleena Bhattacharjee fiercely defended her seven-month-old son, Joy, after online trolls mocked his skin tone, calling out the hate and slamming the abusers as "low lives" for targeting an innocent child. Her powerful response has drawn widespread support and reignited conversations around online bullying and colourism.

After lovingly sharing photos of her son to mark his seventh-month milestone, Devoleena was met with outrageously hateful comments from a few social media users. Some even resorted to racial slurs, calling her child a"terrorist," mocking his complexion and writing derogatory remarks such as "yeh kitna kaala hai" about the innocent infant.

Rather than ignore the abuse, Devoleena chose...