Ugly bullying:Shiv Sena protests against Shobhaa De outside her house, circulates her address viaSms

[Sky lord]

I agree that by and large India is a fair minded and tolerant nation but intimidating a woman and placing her in harms way for expressing her opinion is not the most ideal way of showing it.

 

[ranjeet]

Indian Media didn't cover Operation Rahat, but have time to discuss about what old hag said on tweeter. Presstitutes of the highest order.

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[nair]

Shiv sena is one of the worst intolerant political party of india... they can't even tolerate a simple tweet....

 

[ArsalanKhan21]

Maharashtra government should also reduce the prices of tickets of Marathi movies by subsidizing them. Why should the private multiplex owners pay for showing Marathi movies if they are not profitable.

 

[Rau]

Well i am not once supporting her...not sure what made few of the friends think this way...what i am saying is that just because i am making fun of vadapao my Marathi pride get's hurt is seriously rubbish...it is perfectly fine to stay in Maharashtra and yet stay away from Marathi culture...as an individual this is my choice...i may not like it...i may love my culture etc etc...i hope you are getting the theme here...Shiv Sena seems to represent Marathi culture which is BS ...

she can proud her culture.....we dont have problem..........she may not like marathi culture..... we dont have any problem ....she can make light fun on culture ...its still ok....but problem is started when she downgraded us ...can you tell me why popcorn is better than vadapao and whats wrong in seeing/screening of marathi movies in maharatra...and yes our pride gets hurt ...sorry but we are not reach tolerant like you...we are just cultural nutjob and our pride gets hurts due to silly things......

Why should the private multiplex owners pay for showing Marathi movies if they are not profitable.

congress govt make rule in 2006 that multiplex can get extra FSI only when they agree to atleast one show of marathi movie in day. thus,they already get concession in that.but problem is that they are giving morning show time to Marathi movies (when hardly get anyone interested in watching movie)and prime time for Hindi movie. also dosent Pakistani govt. force theater owner to screen local movie instead of Hindi movie.

 

[MarkovChain]

Shobaa De is the icon of free speech in India now...

 

[ArsalanKhan21]

dosent Pakistani govt. force theater owner to screen local movie instead of Hindi movie.

Pakistani and English movies are shown in theatres. There is no bilateral agreement to show Indian movies in Pakistan.

 

[UPer]

Friend, please read what all nonsense that woman tweets. Though Shiv Sena likes to take it a tad bit on the other side, they aren't always wrong.

Maratha pride or not, they are hurt. They are hurt in the same sentiment as some religions here keep whining and complaining about how 'vulnerable' they are despite being the most violent and intolerant ones themselves.

Though I don't care about this particular tweet, I respect the sentiments of my fellow countrymen from Maharashtra, as much as I am expected to consider the whinings of certain communities genuine.

Shobhaa De is a #fivestaractivist #Adarshliberal who is nothing but a waste of Indian society. She has no contributions to the country, nothing to boast about serving our country other than hurling abuses against our country's tolerant ancient wisdom and cultures.

After her shallowness she has the audacity to called Gen. VK Singh a joker general. He had not targeted her but the useless mainstream media in general.

Tell me, who the hell is she to tell anything about a heroic general? Has she even sweat in a street fight, forget a country? Gen. VK Singh is the first Indian Army commando to have reached the rank of a general, has led from the front and sweat and bled for India along with the sacrifice of hundreds of his brothers-in-arms who happily gave up their lives for their country.

When I saw her tweet, as a man from a military family with active defence personnel serving my blood boiled with anger.

It is third class, two-faced, fence-sitting guttermouth liberals like this Shobhaa De who get to cover their thankless behinds because hundreds of young sons and daughters of our motherland give up their family lives and when needed, give the supreme sacrifice.

Bet this b**ch won't have the courage to even fight off a lollypop snatcher.

Badhi baat karti hai.

Sir, that was outstanding!

 

[deckingraj]

she can proud her culture.....we dont have problem..........she may not like marathi culture..... we dont have any problem ....she can make light fun on culture ...its still ok....

The above words are sounding music to my ears..thanks for that however Shiv Sena morons might disagree with you there as well...anyways let me go to the next part...

but problem is started when she downgraded us ...can you tell me why popcorn is better than vadapao

That's where the issue lies...there is a thing called Satire and no the comment doesn't mean vadapao is better or worse than popcorn...she has clarified that upteen number of times...the way i read it is - given you are forcing Maratha movies now are you going to ban popcorns too and change it to vadapao?? This comment is neither making vadapao look bad or good...and seriously we are discussing vadapao here..how funny it can get ....

and whats wrong in seeing/screening of marathi movies in maharatra...

Nothing...however forcing anything is not goood...the issue is only here....If Maratha movies are good and people have a decent demand of them there is no reason Multiplex will not show them...no??

and yes our pride gets hurt ...sorry but we are not reach tolerant like you...we are just cultural nutjob and our pride gets hurts due to silly things......

Well this is your personal decision and i fully respect that...as far as i am concerned this is absolutely too frivolous an issue to be picked for...

 

[Odysseus]

The Shiv Sena decided to take the battle against columnist Shobhaa De up a notch, by not only protesting outside her house in Mumbai, but also circulating her address on WhatsApp and SMS, exhorting people to turn up in front of her house to protest against the tweets she had sent out, sources toldFirstpost. De had sent out a series of tweets after the Maharashtra government declared that multiplexes will have to screen one Marathi film in prime time slots in one auditorium.

Shiv Sena protested against Shobhaa De outside her house. AFP

Despite Shiv Sena legislator Pratap Sarnaik moving a breach of privilege notice against De in the Maharashtra state Assembly (which could even result in her being jailed) and the Shiv Sena editorial Saamana slamming her for her tweets, the party seems to believe that such harassment is not enough.

So, they decided to resort to the next best strategy they know - bullying and intimidation. Put yourself in De's place and consider this: a political party starts circulating your address to their supporters and empathisers, asking them to turn up before your house and 'protest' for a largely harmless tweet you have sent out.

The protest against De outside her house began at 1 pm. De also tweeted about the protest, saying that even though a Shiv Sena morcha was heading towards her house, Mumbai police had set up barricades around her house and she was feeling 'perfectly calm and safe'.

The irony is that the police will have to act against a party which is part of the ruling government, the very organisation which controls the police.

The columnist also spoke against the protest, saying that she was proud of her idenity but that did not mean she was a parochial person. "This is the third or fourth such protest taking place outside my home. I haven't said anything that can be called anti-Maharashtra or against my culture. I've always been very proud of my identiy. But that does not make me a parochial person," she toldCNN-IBN.

"If Shiv Sena has chosen to misrepresent the tweet, they can do that. I am just a Mumbaikar. I do not belong to a political party. I will do what I can as per the law," she said.

"I don't understand how Shiv Sena can protest against me over 'dadagiri', something which they themselves have engaged in from time to time...I will not respond in the manner the way they expect me to," De said.

In a vitriolic attack against De, Shiv Sena in their editorial Saamana, had said that hadBal Thackeraynot done "dadagiri" to preserve Marathi culture, her forefathers would "have been born in Pakistan" and she would have "attended Page-3 parties in a burqa".




"You have done great service to the Marathi land in which you were born. It is unfortunate for Maharashtra that such comments came from a Marathi woman," an editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamana said.

"Since you have termed the decision of the state government asdadagiri, let us tell you (Shobhaa)...Had Chhatrapati Shivaji, in his time, and Balasaheb Thackeray not done 'dadagiri', then your forefathers and her children would have been born in Pakistan and you would have been attending Page 3 parties in a burqa.

"The comments that Shobhaa has made on Marathi culture and food amount to insulting the Marathi people. She has even insulted our culture," the editorial said.

This is not the first time Shiv Sena-BJP workers have protested against Shobhaa De.

On 3 June, 2014, leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP,had shouted slogans against Shobhaa Deover her controversial tweet about Gopinath Munde's death outside the Crossword bookstore at Mumbai's Kemp's Corner.

Shobhaa De was supposed to attend the launch of renowned journalist Shekhar Gupta's book 'Anticipating India: The Best of National Interest' at the bookstore at 6:30 pm that day. However, she cancelled her visit due to tension over her tweet about Munde's death and his family. Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde had passed away at 7.20 am on the same day. De had tweeted, saying, "Burrey din aa gaye for the family."

"She will have to come here and apologise in front of the entire media," BJYM worker Roshni Mishra had said, further saying that the workers would protest outside her house if she did not turn up at the book launch.

Though police had been present at the site to prevent violence and escalation of the protest, this correspondent had spotted some police officials laughing and chatting up with the protesters. One of the police officials even shook hands with a protester.

One of the protesters had even suggested burning a copy of the book being launched by Shekhar Gupta as a sign of protest.

De was forced to apologize on Twitter. "My deepest condolences to Munde family in their hour of grief. No offence was ever intended. Apologies for inadvertently hurting sentiments," she had said on Twitter, after which the protest had fizzled out.

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Ugly bullying: Shiv Sena protests against Shobhaa De outside her house, circulates her address via SMS - Firstpost

The same newspaper later posted this article

"Given that Shiv Sena's style of protesting has been pretty violent so far, De was understandably worried when she found out that the party would protest at her place at 1 pm.She tweeted saying:
Have been warned there is a Shiv Sena Morcha heading for my home at 1 p.m.- Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa)April 9, 2015

Police barricades are up ! I am feeling perfectly calm and safe ! Thank you, Mumbai Police.- Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa)April 9, 2015

All of Mumbai knows what a Shiv Sena protest looks like - violent goons on bikes waving flags and chanting slogans. Often they have attacked media offices and vandalised toll booths when things did not go the way they wanted to. Once when a Pakistani band was set to perform in Mumbai,they brought a morchato the Press Club demanding that the musicians return to their country.
But this time, as it turns out, the Sena surprisingly decided to approach things in a peaceful manner. Much to the suprise of the worried Shobhaa De, there were no goons, but only peaceful party workers with a package of vada pav as a gift for her.Their peaceful protest assumes significance because while De had termed their demands as 'dadagiri', a civilised protest with a gift of vadapav was a complete PR win over the criticism directed at them by the columnist.

And how could Shobhaa Aunty (yes, that's how the Sena addressed her in their banners) be angry when she has been offered a big box of delicious Shiv VadaPav and Dahi misal? In the Shobhaa De vs Shiv Sena politics of vada pav, Shiv Sena triumphed over De with their clever gift. While De was severely critical of the Sena over the past two days, she was actually forced to appreciate the gift brought for her.

De tweeted out a photo of thepackage thanking the Sena.Thank you , Shiv Sena. Delicious!pic.twitter.com/efEy7vuQ5w- Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa)April 9, 2015

And as there is another Shiv Sena protest is scheduled for 4 pm today, Shiv Sena's dear Shobhaa Aunty was left dreaming about what other food they would bring her then:Another morcha coming up at 4 p.m. Wonder what tea time snack they will bring with them ?- Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa)April 9, 2015"

Politics of vada pav: Here's how Shiv Sena won the PR battle against Shobhaa De

Not a big fan of shiv sena, but you have give credit where its due.
Of course they had to circulate SMS otherwise how will their karykertas know where the protest is going to be held.

 

[uparyupari]

It is not really necessary to show your class....if you can't debate in a decent manner then stay away from post...because being a punjabi i can outmatch you big time...

Now here's the deal....forcing something down someone's throat is not the way to promote something...otherwise where to stop...what about in the name of marathi culture i force you to wear marathi dress twice a week?? how about if i make it mandatory for everyone to speak only marathi...there are many ways to promote marathi culture..no??

With sick libertards it is necessary to stoop down to their level, so my tone is quite appropriate to your class.

You are NO ONE to decide where to start where to stop. That ELECTED government will decide that under the cover of the constitution of India.

No amount of bitching and butthurt moaning by you is going to change that reality. If YOU come to force me to wear or do anything, you will be running around trying to remove a big fat stick out of your @ss.

The elected govt. HAS decided on their way to promote marathi culture. They have that right. Not a self conceit presumptuous clown like you.

 

[Pichkari]

Friend, please read what all nonsense that woman tweets. Though Shiv Sena likes to take it a tad bit on the other side, they aren't always wrong.

Maratha pride or not, they are hurt. They are hurt in the same sentiment as some religions here keep whining and complaining about how 'vulnerable' they are despite being the most violent and intolerant ones themselves.

Though I don't care about this particular tweet, I respect the sentiments of my fellow countrymen from Maharashtra, as much as I am expected to consider the whinings of certain communities genuine.

Please dont mistake shiv sena antics for maratha pride.In this case her stand was absolutely correct.The carm of mumbai lies in it being a multifarious city like banglore.

After her shallowness she has the audacity to called Gen. VK Singh a joker general. He had not targeted her but the useless mainstream media in general.

Tell me, who the hell is she to tell anything about a heroic general? Has she even sweat in a street fight, forget a country? Gen. VK Singh is the first Indian Army commando to have reached the rank of a general, has led from the front and sweat and bled for India along with the sacrifice of hundreds of his brothers-in-arms who happily gave up their lives for their country.

When I saw her tweet, as a man from a military family with active defence personnel serving my blood boiled with anger.

It is third class, two-faced, fence-sitting guttermouth liberals like this Shobhaa De who get to cover their thankless behinds because hundreds of young sons and daughters of our motherland give up their family lives and when needed, give the supreme sacrifice.

Bet this b**ch won't have the courage to even fight off a lollypop snatcher.

Agreed but two wrongs dosent make one right.The way she reacted was stupid .That by no means justifies dozens of sena hoodlums surrounding her house and circulating her address.

 

[uparyupari]

Please dont mistake shiv sena antics for maratha pride.In this case her stand was absolutely correct.The carm of mumbai lies in it being a multifarious city like banglore.

Agreed but two wrongs dosent make one right.The way she reacted was stupid .That by no means justifies dozens of sena hoodlums surrounding her house and circulating her address.

Shiv sena is a political party out to make political capital on the bloopers of a prominent citizen of Mumbai. Its the RIGHT to do that. They are expected to do that.

There is NO LAW that prevents a peaceful protest outside ANYBODY's home. So, it was NOT a wrong thing to do.

 

[deckingraj]

With sick libertards it is necessary to stoop down to their level, so my tone is quite appropriate to your class.

You are NO ONE to decide where to start where to stop. That ELECTED government will decide that under the cover of the constitution of India.

No amount of bitching and butthurt moaning by you is going to change that reality. If YOU come to force me to wear or do anything, you will be running around trying to remove a big fat stick out of your @ss. .

Morons like you are really a disgrace....Post like yours are showing what kind of maratha culture you possess...so yeah keep living in your la la land...and keep up the verbal diarrhea...a great tribute to "Jai Maharashtra"...

The elected govt. HAS decided on their way to promote marathi culture. They have that right. Not a self conceit presumptuous clown like you.

An idiot with a midgit size brain can never understand that govt. are chosen by people not to bulldoze their will on people...but to create an atmosphere where they can promote ideas which they feel is good for people...however i shouldn't be wasting time on a moron who seems to be a$$ licker of moronic Sena and its goons....

 

[uparyupari]

Morons like you are really a disgrace....Post like yours are showing what kind of maratha culture you possess...so yeah keep living in your la la land...and keep up the verbal diarrhea...a great tribute to "Jai Maharashtra"...

LOL. I am not a Marathi you dumb fcuk.

An idiot with a midgit size brain can never understand that govt. are chosen by people not to bulldoze their will on people...but to create an atmosphere where they can promote ideas which they feel is good for people...however i shouldn't be wasting time on a moron who seems to be a$$ licker of moronic Sena and its goons....

Who are you to decide the "will" of the people ? ........ That clearly demonstrates who is the Moron here.

The ELECTED GOVT. represent the WILL of the People and they have Spoken.

Find some other outlet for your Butt Hurt and Frustrations you presumptuous turd. Your snake oil does not sell here.