Actress Bipasha Basu has exhorted women to love themselves, in her new social media post.

Bipasha's new Instagram picture has the actress flaunting a bare back, even as she turns at the camera and smiles.

"Dear Woman. Sometimes you will be just too much of a woman… Too smart, Too beautiful, Too strong, Too much of something that makes a man feel like you have to be less of a woman. The biggest mistake that you can make is removing jewels from your own crown to make it easier for a man to carry.

"When this happens... I need you to understand... You do not need a smaller crown... You need a man with bigger hands -- Amazing anonymous quote #loveyourself," she wrote.

Bipasha recently starred with husband Karan Singh Grover in the thriller web series "Dangerous". The show also featured Suyyash Rai, Natasha Suri, Sonali Raut, and Nitin Arora.