Shobhaa De’s ‘Fat’ Shaming Didn’t Go Well With Mumbai Police

Shobhaa De has been in news more time for shaming others than for her actual literary work which makes us think if simply bad-mouthing about someone is the best way to be controversial? I guess Shobhaa De has the answer and formula for that.

She has been walking on the path of denigrating someone in order to gain popularity. Be it her Rio Olympics statement or her jab at Sushma Swaraj or the time she skinny shamed Kate Middleton and Sonam Kapoor, are the perfect example of her picking up on mindless subjects in order to constantly be on social media headlines.

This time again, De went out of her way to take a dig against Mumbai Police who apart from being fully dedicated to people’s safety, also has a kick-ass twitter account which is full of puns.

So when she posted this tweet of a ‘fat’ guy, things were bound to go down.

However, not even in her wildest dreams would Shobha de have thought of a reply this wicked and straight-forward from the Mumbai Police twitter handle.

And, after this, others jumped on the waggon and made Shobha realised once again that they won’t take shit for police from a celebrity writer.

22nd February 2017
Jyotsna Amla