India, Dec. 1 -- As the year winds down, actor and MP Jaya Bachchan has once again found herself in the spotlight. Speaking to journalist Barkha Dutt at the We The Women event in Mumbai yesterday, the veteran actor made some strong comments about photographers and their conduct, sparking widespread criticism online.

In her conversation with Barkha, the 77-year-old actor acknowledged that she owes her fame to the media but drew a clear line between traditional journalism and today's paparazzi culture. "I am the product of the media, but my relationship with paparazzi is zero. Who are these people? Are they trained to represent the people of this country? You call them media? I come from the media. My father was a journalist. I have tremen...