His master’s voice?

Making sense of the good, bad and often strange trending topics online

His master's voice?

Making sense of the good, bad and often strange trending topics online

Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari managed to annoy a whole lot of people after questioning Anna Hazare's moral credentials.

Tiwari recalled how the Justice Sawant Commission, set up in 2003 to probe political graft in Maharashtra, had reported a diversion of funds from Hazare's trust for his birthday celebrations.
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This prompted a certain Gaurav Kant Goel to tweet: 'Parental guidance is absolutely necessary. Without it, children turn into the likes of Digvijay Singh and Manish Tiwari.'

Pawan Durani added: 'Every time Mr Tiwari speaks, I guess the Congress loses another two hundred thousand votes.'

And this, from Aditya Bhagat: 'Every time Rahul Gandhi, Dijvijay Singh, Kapil Sibal or Manish Tiwari speak on national television, logic commits suicide.'

In memoriam
Apart from the flurry of 'R.I.P Shammi Kapoor' and 'you will be missed' tweets were some like this, from Anand Tahilramani 'No one mentions Shammi Kapoor for 10 years. Now he's dead, everyone loves him.' There was also this suggestion from Rahul Pandita: 'On Independence Day, instead of Manmohan Singh's 'notes to myself' from the Red Fort, they should play Shammi Kapoor songs in a loop.' And this tribute from singer Vishal Dadlani: 'You danced like nobody was watching.'

Celebrating freedom
'Happy Independence Day; if married, please ignore.' That amusing tweet from a certain Juneesh was one of many that went beyond the usual heavy dose of patriotism on August 15. Consider this from Faking News: 'I don't want to sound mean, but wishing a Happy Independence Day to Kalmadi and Kanimozhi.' Or this from Ramesh Srivats: 'I join our cricketers in fondly remembering this day when we got England all out. From India, that is.'

The last word
A rather poignant tweet from actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar: 'Happy Independence Day to all on both sides of the most undesirable border ever created between children of the same mother.'

Lindsay Pereira is Editor, MiD DAY Online