Most of us have had to take on a hopelessly outdated or creepily sexist figure at some point in our lives.

This is, after all, a world where employers can still legally demand women wear high heels to work and thousands of people every year face maternity leave discrimination.

So, we were cheering from the sidelines as TV anchor Faye D’Souza confronted her own nemesis in spectacular style this week.

D’Souza, the editor of the Mirror Now news channel in India, was chairing a heated debate about actress Priyanka Chopra on live TV when the incident unfolded.

The star, who has 18million followers on Instagram, was trolled for wearing a short white dress in a meeting with the country’s prime minister Narendra Modi. At the same time, actress Fatima Sana Shaikh also faced online abuse for wearing a swimsuit during Ramadan.

News anchor spectacularly takes down male panellist over sexist underwear jibe