The well-known author and columnist Shobhaa De is back again on social media, seen to be making fun of what she thought was an overweight personnel of the Mumbai Police, on Twitter.
Heavy police bandobast in Mumbai today! pic.twitter.com/sY0H3xzXl3
— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) February 21, 2017
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This irresponsible act of the writer has triggered a storm of abuse and criticism on Twitter yet again. The well-known author and columnist was accused of cracking jokes in bad taste and body shaming. Mumbai police has tweeted in a response and ask the writer to be more responsible.
We love puns too Ms De but this one is totally imisplaced. Uniform/official not ours. We expect better from responsible citizens like you. https://t.co/OcKOoHO5bX
— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) February 21, 2017
Meanwhile, Shobhaa De in a reply to Mumbai police asked M P police to consult a dietician;
Mumbai/Maharashtra Police, pranaam. No offence intended. M.P. police, consult a dietician,if it’s an asli ,undoctored image doing the rounds
— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) February 22, 2017
But, twitter found the reply extremely illogical and the reactions immediately poured in;
@DeShobhaa and you please consult a therapist. Calm your mind. Think logic Talk logic.
— Saksham Puri (@sakshampuri14) February 22, 2017
Others pointed out that the photograph was even not of a Mumbai Police personnel, but someone from the Madhya Pradesh Police, as was indicated by the shoulder badge. And the responses piled up slowly on twitter.
@DeShobhaa Kudos on the effortless body shaming, celebrity lady who is subject to unfair criticism about her looks and body. 👏
— Sandhya Ramesh (@sandygrains) February 21, 2017
@DeShobhaa if I zoom in the photo, I can see M.P. police written on his badge.Don’t keep tweeting nonsense. N yes, it amount to body-shaming
— Tark-vachaspati (@crashhgate) February 21, 2017
However, it turns out that there are people who supported Ms. De.
@crashhgate @2emkay Lol it’s not body shaming agle ka kaam fit rehne ka hai.
— Prateek (@SiwachPrateek) February 21, 2017
Earlier she had been trolled in twitter after she had commented on the Rio Olympics especially those on badminton star PV Sindhu had also upset many on Twitter.
Goal of Team India at the Olympics: Rio jao. Selfies lo. Khaali haat wapas aao. What a waste of money and opportunity.
— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) August 8, 2016
There were rave responses on her sarcastic tweets about the Olympics players.
So, @DeShobhaa couldn’t wait for 2020 Olympics.
— Sand-d Singh (@Sand_In_Deed) February 21, 2017
Mumbai voted yesterday to choose the team that will run the country’s richest civic body — the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Meanwhile, people took a dig on Ms. De’s tweets.
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