<p>Writer Shobhaa De was caught in the eye of a storm after her recent Twitter comment on Indian athletes faring badly at the Rio Olympics 2016.</p>
<p><img title="Shobhaa De" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/apr/8-shobhaa-de.jpg" alt="Shobhaa De" width="670" height="449" /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>Shobhaa De. Pic/ Rane Ashish</em></strong></span></p>
<p>The Indian contingent have been struggling to find a way to win a medal at the Olympics with gymnast Dipa Karmakar being the only one to give an exceptional performance by entering into the final.</p>
<p>The columnist went on to take a dig at Indian athletes by posting this tweet: 'Goal of Team India at the Olympics: Rio jao. Selfies lo. Khaali haat wapas aao. What a waste of money and opportunity'.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Goal of Team India at the Olympics: Rio jao. Selfies lo. Khaali haat wapas aao. What a waste of money and opportunity.</p>
&mdash; Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeShobhaa/status/762658754152325120">August 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>Needless to say, Twitterati were not so amused and lashed out at her within no time with Abhinav Bindra, who failed to bag a medal after finishing fourth, and India's former hockey captain Viren Rasquinha leading the way with fitting responses.</p>
<p><img title="Abhinav Bindra" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/aug/bindra9aug.jpg" alt="Abhinav Bindra" /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>Abhinav Bindra. Pic/ AFP</em></strong></span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/DeShobhaa">@DeShobhaa</a> that's a tad unfair. You should be proud of your athletes perusing human excellence against the whole world.</p>
&mdash; Abhinav Bindra (@Abhinav_Bindra) <a href="https://twitter.com/Abhinav_Bindra/status/762844707353272322">August 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ms. De, kindly run on the hockey pitch for 60 mins &amp; hold a rifle like Abhinav and Gagan. Bit tougher than u think <a href="https://t.co/XwZFKqZJjn">https://t.co/XwZFKqZJjn</a></p>
&mdash; Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) <a href="https://twitter.com/virenrasquinha/status/762707510449020929">August 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unsporting &amp; crass for socialites to frivolously dis Indian athletes who have succeeded against all odds to get as far as Rio</p>
&mdash; Milind Deora (@milinddeora) <a href="https://twitter.com/milinddeora/status/762718525073059840">August 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Goal of <a href="https://twitter.com/DeShobhaa">@DeShobhaa</a> : Porn books likho. Twitter pe bakwas pelo. Faltu oxygen ko carbondioxide main badlo. Wht a waste of space and human life</p>
&mdash; Vande Mataram (@UnSubtleDesi) <a href="https://twitter.com/UnSubtleDesi/status/762665981156036609">August 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">In all seriousness <a href="https://twitter.com/DeShobhaa">@DeShobhaa</a>. For all your "class" and high society persona, u are a low life disgrace. Won't even bother mincing words.</p>
&mdash; Vande Mataram (@UnSubtleDesi) <a href="https://twitter.com/UnSubtleDesi/status/762667250419503105">August 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Though, I can understand why <a href="https://twitter.com/DeShobhaa">@DeShobhaa</a> is getting cranky about India at Olympics. Maybe because her home country didn't qualify. Must hurt</p>
&mdash; Vande Mataram (@UnSubtleDesi) <a href="https://twitter.com/UnSubtleDesi/status/762683242050834433">August 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">That's most unfair Shobha. Pl chk what it takes to even qualify for Olympics. None is gifted a junket in this league <a href="https://t.co/ixRI9c9uOn">https://t.co/ixRI9c9uOn</a></p>
&mdash; Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShekharGupta/status/762687824051118080">August 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sports is about winning and losing : a game well played bug lost doesn't mean we shoukd slam them : likes of <a href="https://twitter.com/DeShobhaa">@DeShobhaa</a> shld be condemned</p>
&mdash; pallavi ghosh (@_pallavighosh) <a href="https://twitter.com/_pallavighosh/status/762686750976245760">August 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not even worth a selfie. If scaring babies was Olympic sport, <a href="https://twitter.com/DeShobhaa">@DeShobhaa</a> would strike gold! <a href="https://t.co/NLNEOtR6Jh">https://t.co/NLNEOtR6Jh</a> <a href="https://t.co/7KjQQGAipl">pic.twitter.com/7KjQQGAipl</a></p>
&mdash; Nishant Gambhir (@madnish30) <a href="https://twitter.com/madnish30/status/762686086489473024">August 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">If injecting Botox in your own face was an Olympic sport, <a href="https://twitter.com/DeShobhaa">@DeShobhaa</a> would surely win a gold. <a href="https://t.co/NLNEOtR6Jh">https://t.co/NLNEOtR6Jh</a></p>
&mdash; Nishant Gambhir (@madnish30) <a href="https://twitter.com/madnish30/status/762685524310159360">August 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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