Faridoon De-activated his account :(

I de-activated my twitter account @faridoon_s today. Yes, it happened a bit abruptly but I guess its the right thing for me to have done. Things were going out of hand. Anonymous trolls (@bollywoodgandu @nbkhoon @buttupsajid being the most relentless abusers) with weird names had been constantly targeting me. In spite of being blocked they were troubling me relentlessly through their goons. The malicious campaign was unhealthy and obviously there were vested interests behind it. Well, they have won. And, I have found my peace of mind.

I loved giving Bollywood related updates on Twitter. But maybe anything given out in free isn't valued. Hence, I shall only concentrate on doing some great work in the future. And hopefully, it will be appreciated.

I shared my poetry and music on twitter. Many liked it and some did not. Fair enough. My dad is a Jnanpith Award winner (2008) for his contribution to Urdu Poetry. Poetry comes naturally to me and I know I write well. But yes criticism by amateur people with no sensibility for the written word, dissecting every single line and making fun of it is something that I found strange. Music is a hobby and I've never approached anyone in Bollywood for furthering the hobby. Once again, the relentless ridiculing was uncalled for. Constructive criticism is definitely welcome but ridiculing is not.

I've often been told that I tend to retweet a lot of the praise-tweets sent by my followers. I agree I should have been more restrained. I genuinely tried to be as objective and impartial as possible. For me all the stars (big or small) were equal. If I knew that Joban from USA is following me just for Abhay Deol updates, I used to be on a lookout for them. I enjoyed Live Tweeting a few of the events that I covered in Mumbai. Now, I'll enjoy the events :) I am sure someone else will bring you all those updates. No one is indispensable.

I knew many of you by your names and likes-dislikes in cinema. And yes, I shall miss all of you. I enjoyed sharing my thoughts with you guys. But when everything that I was tweeting was being preyed upon by people whom I had blocked, I wasn't comfortable. The blocked trolls sent their nasty tweets attached to their friend's tweets. I don't deserve such abuses specially when I have NEVER hurt anyone deliberately on twitter. Protecting the tweets was an option but why should I curb my freedom when I have done nothing wrong? Also, I was spending too much of time on twitter and it had been affecting my family life. My wife and daughter deserve all my attention. And they'll get the same. I am what I am because of my wife. And yes I am Successful, even though I was being constantly made to feel like dirt by some trolls on twitter (backed by some people from the media).

I have tears in my eyes as I am writing this. For the last one and a half years, I simply loved being on Twitter. It had become an intrinsic part of my life (maybe much more than what it should have). I won't come back on any social networking sites ever. But, hopefully you guys will hear about me. And Insha-Allah it will be something Positive. I shall be posting the music video of our song 'Burial Of Illusions' on my blog soon. The last line of the song is playing in my mind right now....Life begins with the burial of illusions....

Take care and God Bless

Alvida...