2025 truly appears to be a doomed year. Among the many artists we lost this year, 2025, Piyush Pandey was one of them. For the unversed, Piyush was the creative genius behind some iconic Indian ad campaigns. Piyush’s death has left his near and dear ones shattered. However, one video featuring Piyush’s niece, Ishitta Arun, at the funeral of the advertising legend went viral and drew heavy criticism online. Now, with a carousel of notes, Ishitta slammed trolls who criticised her for laughing during the sad moment.
Piyush Pandey’s Ishitta Arun reacts to trolls who criticised her for smiling at the former’s funeral
On October 26, 2025, Ishitta Arun took to her Instagram Stories and shared a carousel of notes slamming the trolls who criticised her for smiling at Piyush Pandey’s funeral. In the first note, Ishitta mentioned that expressing grief should not be rigid like a script, and for a person like Piyush, who was a jolly soul, laughter while saying goodbye can never be disrespectful. The note can be read as:
“Grief isn’t a single script. And when you’re saying goodbye to a man who laughed louder than anyone else, remembering him through laughter isn’t disrespect. It’s continuity. It’s muscle memory. It’s knowing who he really was.”
