<div><img src="/imagedata/2011/dec/lindsy-op1.jpg" border="0" align="left" alt="" />Traders observing a Bharat Bandh, ostensibly as a form of protest against Foreign Direct Investment in the retail sector, managed to hog a fair amount of space on Twitter for a while. Rahul Srivastava tweeted: 'I guess only children look forward to Bharat Bandh, so they can play cricket on the streets.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div>Dear politicians, get the sarcasm.' Akhila Shankar added: 'Bharat Bandh has never solved anything. Never has. Never will.' Some thought it sent out a powerful message though. Like Bhaskar Chatterjee, who commented: 'Usually, traders and businessmen are the first to oppose a bandh. Today's Bharat Bandh by traders is history. Congress has no place to hide.'</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Clean sweep</b></div><div>Considering we are a cinema-obsessed country, Vidya Balan's The Dirty Picture was destined to become a talking point. While a majority of tweets related to the film praised the actress's performance, some were simply amusing. Take, for instance, this from someone using the handle Eccentricandhow: 'Pakistan's Censor Board has decided to ban The Dirty Picture because it challenges their *fundamental* values.' Or this, from Faking News: 'Pakistan has banned The Dirty Picture. Is that how they celebrate World AIDS Day?' And, finally, from Ramesh Srivats: 'Must see The Dirty Picture. Silk Smitha. Nylex Nalini. Polyester Padmini. They are the ones who formed the er... fabric of our society.'</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The good fight</b></div><div>'To all those living positively with HIV, may you have a full life and live it fully!' Messages like these flooded timelines on World AIDS Day. Also, tweets like this from Timothy Marbun: 'Magic Johnson. Remember him? 20 years fighting HIV.' And from Raul Romeva: 'The enemy is HIV, not HIV carriers. Let's not forget this.'</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The last word</b></div><div>From filmmaker Farhan Akhtar: 'They've gone and done it again! Digging up all roads in Bandra! What are they looking for... Maybe we can help?'</div><div><br /></div><div><i><b>-- Lindsay Pereira is Editor,u00a0MiD DAY Onlineu00a0(twitter.com/lindsaypereira)</b></i></div>        

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