Remembering the Mahatma

The 63rd death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi prompted a flurry of tweets, some paying tribute to him, others airing their views on Nathuram Godse, making both trending topics. Monika Rawal tweeted: 'Remembering Gandhi and wondering if Gandhigiri in today's world would make any sense.' In Jehangir Ali's words: 'Godse, before the dawn of extremism and radicalism, showed that there was no place for saner people in India.' A certain Paul Dueman weighed in with a bit of morbid humour: 'When Mr Godse was asked about his views on gun control, he replied "Use both hands".' And from Kiran Kumar S: 'Just in case you forgot, Gandhi's killer was hanged in 125 days; India's democracy's killer Afzal Guru isn't hanged for 3701 days [sic]!'

For reasons unknown, a number of people decided to pit America against the UK. It prompted GleekFromNYC to tweet: 'What kind of trending topic is that? Is Twitter trying to start World War 3?' Sophie Leigh commented: 'USA or UK? Ask yourself Twilight or Harry Potter and you have your answer.' In Voldemort Horcrux's words: 'Harry Potter was made in the UK, therefore we win.' And from actress Angelina Jolie: 'Why can't USA and UK trend, instead of USA or UK? Remember, divided we fall, united we stand. Together, the human race is one.'

From journalist Rajdeep Sardesai: 'Just asking: When will we produce a Grand Slam men's champion? Serbia, after all, has less people than Delhi?'

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