Twitter SLAMS Javed Akhtar for 'hardly literate' jibe at Viru & Yo

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TheDarkRock

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Posted: 8 years ago

Twitter didn't take kindly to Akhtar's comment which many felt was elitist.

The fallout over Gurmehar Kaur's placard reached new levels with politicians, cricketers, actors and even wrestlers getting involved. While Hooda and Virender Sehwag joked about her placard, Javed Akhtar took umbrage at their comments. Javed Akhtar hit out her detractors. "If a hardly literate player or a wrestler troll a pacifist daughter of a martyr it's understandable but what's wrong with some educated folks," Akhtar tweeted.

Reacting to Javed Akhtar's dig about being a hardly literate player' wrester Yogeshwar Dutt said: "You've written poems and stories. I've also done some small things, like making history for India on an international stage." Yogeshwar Dutt won the bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics and Gold Medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013.

Check out the tweets below:

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

Agar anonymous ho, toh troll ho
Agar famous ho, toh troll ho, kyunki tum kalam nahi, balla chalaate ho
This, is trolling by Javed ji, waise. pic.twitter.com/QQ9zmfkfnr
" MahaShivRatty (@YearOfRat) February 28, 2017

Mast log hain ye waise. Aadhe se zyada Bollywood celebs are college (if not high school) dropouts. pic.twitter.com/naXRfMUm7m
" MahaShivRatty (@YearOfRat) February 28, 2017

While sportspeople like Phogat sisters & Dutts are getting Olympic medals, our Akhtars are making chaandi at Manikchand Filmfares.
" MahaShivRatty (@YearOfRat) 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

If a hardly literate terrorist or a separatist screams "Le ke rahenge Azadi" its understandable, but whats wrong with some educated folks?? https://t.co/wbJ6kyfZCa
" Yashwant Deshmukh (@YRDeshmukh) February 28, 2017

If a hardly Indian journalist or Hinduphobic trolls disrespect our sportsmen, it's understandable, but that's wrong with some secular poets? https://t.co/qCrLC9IW5z
" Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) February 28, 2017

Those "hardly literate" have made India proud. And if bookish education is the only acknowledge form, then remember Osama was an Engineer. https://t.co/t0UjBDpU8a
" Aladdin (@Alllahdin) February 28, 2017

Presenting the Mani Shankar Aiyer of the film world.
This kind of pretentious condescension is why the elite are so reviled today. #Shamehttps://t.co/MWdGQdUsAr
" Smita Barooah (@smitabarooah) February 28, 2017

MODERN DEEWAR
Mere pass gaadi hai,ghar hai, ads hai,life par film hai, OLYMPIC MEDAL hai! Tere pass kya hai?
Mere pass PHD hai! JNU ki https://t.co/tBI2UWHudQ
" Nitin Gupta (@Nitin_Rivaldo) February 28, 2017

If it were left to "illiterate" Indians, India would never have been partitioned.
That took London Barristers. Full of themselves. Like this https://t.co/GCAL4nHAIf
" Sankrant Sanu (@sankrant) February 28, 2017

Wisdom has nothing to do with education.
Being daughter of a martyr isn't a achievement, but representing India in world level sports is. https://t.co/M6IS1EBTz4
" (@WoCharLog) February 28, 2017

This tasteless jibe only reflects your culture and upbringing notwithstanding what your level of education may be. https://t.co/pYn6u1cDMV
" Kartikeya Tanna (@KartikeyaTanna) February 28, 2017

So maybe your hero is the renowned, highly educated engineer Osama Bin Laden? https://t.co/cMpn1evWke
" The Bad Doctor (@DOCTORATLARGE) February 28, 2017