Popular columnist and author Shobhaa De faced a lot of flak for her post about Indian athletes competing at the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio. She scribbled on Twitter, “Goal of Team India at the Olympics: ‘Rio jao. Selfies lo. Khaali haath wapas aao.’ (Go to Rio. Click selfies. Come back empty-handed). What a waste of money and opportunity.” As Shobhaa De was trolled on the Internet, most saying in one voice that it was an insensitive comment, Bollywood celeb Kangana Ranaut too wasn’t far behind. Reacting to the same, Kangana Ranaut said, “This is very disturbing thing to say to people who are representing us. It can be a very personal opinion, but to be such a credible author and a powerful woman to whom people look up to, and for someone like that to say this, it is disheartening the country’s spirit. It is not a good news and I hope our athletes don’t get disheartened. We need to do our best.” India hasn’t been able to win any medals so far at the Rio 2016 Olympics and many celebs and cinema world stars like Shobhaa De and Kangana Ranaut are clued-in to the Games.
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