Lyrics writer Javed Akhtar today voluntary cooked up a storm after calling India’s top sportsmen as hardly literate and “troll”. In all probability, he was referring to Virender Sehwag, who shared a joke and got bullied by the media, and Yogeshwar Dutt, who vocally opposed those making anti-India statements.
The cunning media twisted the statements by both of these as being against Gurmehar Kaur, a 20-year-old AAP supporter and daughter of a martyr, and Javed Akhtar appeared to further that agenda when he tweeted this:
If a hardly literate player or a wrestler troll a pacifist daughter of a martyr its understandable but whats wrong with some educated folks
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) February 28, 2017
Apart from Sehwag and Dutt, Phogat sisters too have taken a stand that has gone against the narrative of the mainstream media.
All these sportsmen who have brought numerous laurels to the country, but their different point of view has become too much for “tolerant” brigade that has been on overdrive to “show them their place”. With Javed Akhtar joining the bullies, people on Twitter decided not to take it lying down:
A hardly literate player is a thousand times better than a seemingly refined fanatic https://t.co/cMpn1evWke
— The Bad Doctor (@DOCTORATLARGE) February 28, 2017
Privilege of being born in a family of poets is being used to mock those born in poor families. Not done Javed saab. https://t.co/qCrLC9IW5z
— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) February 28, 2017
Sometimes we lament why don’t we produce enough sports stars. You know why? Because of abuse and ridicule they face. https://t.co/s6CEPHIGga
— Akhilesh Mishra (@amishra77) February 28, 2017
Privileged rich man of Bollywood running down wrestlers from common families who have come up through their hard work. https://t.co/yWRTNSQMgr
— Sandeep Kadian (@GappistanRadio) February 28, 2017
Kindly stay quiet & listen to the spokesperson of the industry known for treating women like pieces of meat. https://t.co/3XXRGwo1rb
— FoolishOfficer (@IndiaSpeaksPR) February 28, 2017
Javed Sir, its better to remain illiterate and bring glory to our country than being educated and ridicule our motherland _/\_ https://t.co/xgYU7CNLH3
— Phd in Bak*****!! (@Atheist_Krishna) February 28, 2017
Give me a Test cricket triple centurion & medal-winning Olympic wrestler over poets who make “hardly literate” comments demeaning them https://t.co/LH5fJ30aVp
— Minhaz Merchant (@MinhazMerchant) February 28, 2017
Does it mean @Javedakhtarjadu that your non qualified son is not allowed to speak. He don’t have FoS. pic.twitter.com/UFFsAghhv1
— Chicken Biryanii (@ChickenBiryanii) February 28, 2017
Even Yogeshwar Dutt who was openly insulted, was gracious enough to respond in a matter that showed that he may not have degrees, but was surely better educated in manners and decency:
@Javedakhtarjadu जी,आपने कविता-कहानी की रचना की तो हमने भी कुछ कारनामे कर छोटा ही सही भारत के लिए विश्वपटल पर इतिहास रचा है @virendersehwag https://t.co/XIGOJ1hPMp
— Yogeshwar Dutt (@DuttYogi) February 28, 2017
