03 June,2011 07:12 AM IST | | Lindsay Pereira
Shreyas Bhide took the words right out of a number of mouths with this comment: 'Hunger strikes appear to have become a trend, but not every Ramdev can be Hazare.'
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Be that as it may, the yogi's crusade attracted comments from armchair activists across India.
This may be because, as a certain Prasanna Vishy pointed out, 'mobilising 20 people is a challenge; getting 10 million is sensational.' Controversial writer Taslima Nasreen wasn't impressed though.
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She asked: 'If Ramdev dies, who will get his thousands of crores? Shouldn't he donate all his money to charity before he begins fasting?'
A girl's best friend
Marilyn Monroe's birthday compelled many to quote the iconic star: 'It's better to be absolutely ridiculous then absolutely boring.' It also put Vedashree Khambete into a quandary: 'Should I look for a handy subway grate to step over or wear pink and ask for diamonds?' Interestingly, despite it also being composer Ilayaraja and filmmaker Maniratnam's birthdays, only the former became a trending topic.
Yes, Minister
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's failure to make much headway with Baba Ramdev got some tweeple hot and bothered. Akhilesh Mishra had strong words: 'If you are clean Mr. Sibal, you do not sit on reports pointing to corruption. You take action. Or else, you too are complicit.' And Anil Thakraney: 'I think Sibal's real worry is Baba may ask him to do a few tricky aasans as one of his demands.'
The last word
For some reason, Vijay Mallya wanted to know if, were he to go on hunger strike, the government would allow him to perish. I don't know if any of the powers that be answered him. And there was this, from Mahesh Bhupathi: 'Heard from a newspaper that my marriage is on the rocks! My wife hasn't said anything yet.' If you're wondering, this wasn't the newspaper in question.
Lindsay Pereira is Editor, MiD DAY Online(twitter.com/lindsaypereira)
