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Actor Zarnish Khan has been under fire for a recent statement she made claiming that early marriages are better than late marriages. She believes that since she never got to explain where she was coming from or what she meant, it made way for assumptions and misunderstandings. The Susraal Mera actor took to Instagram to post a video clarifying her side of things.

She captioned the video in a way that summarised her explanation, "Having an opinion is okay, however, imposing it on someone is absurd! Learn to be civil if you wanna co-exist in this twisted world. #EarlyMarriages #RecentStatement."

Khan started by saying she wants to "address a very important point", and asked "why do we have this irresistible urge of making people agree with what we think? Changing their narrative, changing their perspective about life, generally about things. Why?" She pointed out that in such a small world exist so many people, so many mindsets and so many theories — "there's no one answer and one solution to any problem any more, especially in the times we live in."

Coming to the point, she said, "So, very recently I made a statement in which I said I believe early marriages are good because it's easy for you to adjust. All the feminists are after me, a lot of people have a lot of things to say about it." She clarified that she never said it's only good for women, but for both partners. "I said that it's good if you get married in an early age because it becomes easier for you to settle in — which is true."

She explained that with age people get set in their ways and don't want to change. "Marriage is all about compromises, not from one side, I don't say only for women but also for men. For that you need acceptability and patience that fades away with time. In that regard I think if it happens early, it's not ridiculous."

After making her statements clear and dusting off the misconceptions, she reiterated that she is not imposing her opinions on anyone and accepts differences in opinion wholeheartedly. "However, I also said everyone has a different mindset and by the end of the day it's a personal choice. Whoever wants to marry whenever is fine, that's it. I'm very civil that way, I feel that if I have a certain opinion about something, it's okay, that's just my opinion, that's just how I feel. Maybe based on my experience, maybe — I don't know there could be so many possible reasons for that, the way I think, right?"

She ended her message with a smile and said this applies to everyone listening, "And same goes for everyone out there who's going to see this message so it's alright. It's okay for me to have an opinion that I believe in, it works for me. I do not ask you to change yours and cheers on that. I hope we all learn a little something here."