Mumbai: A day after facing heavy criticism for tweeting an image of an overweight man in police uniform, columnist and author Shobhaa De on Wednesday tweeted an `apology` couple with an advice, which instigated another round of trolling.
On Tuesday evening, De posted a picture showing an overweight policeman holding a mobile phone close to his ear while sitting on a chair and tweeted: 'Heavy police Bandobast in Mumbai today!' Notably, Mumbaikars cast their ballots for the 227-member Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) yesterday.
In response to her tweet, the Mumbai Police said: “We love puns too Ms De but this one is totally imisplaced. Uniform/official not ours. We expect better from responsible citizens like you.”
After being trolled on the social media, De tweeted an apology today: “Mumbai/Maharashtra Police, pranaam. No offence intended. M.P. police, consult a dietician,if it's an asli ,undoctored image doing the rounds”. However, her “consult a dietician” advise has not gone down well with Twitterati.
Here are some of the responses:
@DeShobhaa and where does one consult to get a cure for mindless word-vomit?
— Doll Satpathy (@DollSatpathy) February 22, 2017
@DeShobhaa and you please consult a therapist. Calm your mind. Think logic Talk logic.
— Saksham Puri (@sakshampuri14) February 22, 2017
@DeShobhaa Imagine the outrage if a man had suggested the same to a woman
— Kedar (@OhTeriTo) February 22, 2017
@DeShobhaa @MumbaiPolice Now De's advice: Consult dietician. De, obesity may be due to medical reason. Keep uncalled for advices to yourself
— Jatin Mehta (@Er_JatinMehta) February 22, 2017
@DeShobhaa pranam. No offence intended.U badly need to consult an ENT specialist, if u genuinely trying to make fun of urself, then it's ok
— Angana (@ablah_nari) February 22, 2017
@DeShobhaa You have exceeded ur quota of stupidity for this year. As a punishment, please don't tweet in 2017. See you again in 2018.
— Bas_Yun_Hi (@BasYunHi7) February 22, 2017
@DeShobhaa this is again ridiculous asking 2 consult a dietitian , lost all the respect had on u
— Rasikhanna (@Rasikhanna) February 22, 2017
@DeShobhaa its a serious case of body shaming.Where r all the feminists/activists of #mumbai now? Don't mess with @MumbaiPolice #shobhaade
— Manthan Unadkat (@ManthanUnadkat) February 22, 2017
@DeShobhaa ma'am the person seems to be suffering metabolism related problems. Why poke fun at him? Shame on you.
— Captain Winmark (@vijrag41) February 22, 2017
@DeShobhaa B4 giving free Gyan to MP police, just tender an unconditional apology to Mumbai police. Its my free Gyan to u.
— priyajit chakraborty (@priyajitch) February 22, 2017
