Taking your private life to Twitter is fast becoming a tradition of sorts in modern celebrity existence. Just last week, the Shah Rukh Khan vs Shirish Kunder feud played itself out on the microblogging site.
Then last evening, actress Ayesha Takia and Kingfisher heir Sidhartha Mallya fought The Great Twitter war.
Ms Takia tweeted a series of complaints alleging that her sister had been mistreated by the staff of Kingfisher Airlines. Mr Mallya responded by asking her to "pipe down, love." Not exactly great customer service, though his airline's official twitter account was far more obliging.Ayesha's tweets, heavy on exclamation marks began with:
Followers of the actress promptly weighed in with messages of support, condemning Kingfisher and urging Ayesha to file a complaint, to which she responded with:We r goin 2 take serious action against this and go 2 court with it,let the law handle it,so that this dosent happen 2 any girl again!
In the wake of all this angst on Twitter, Kingfisher scion Sidharth Mallya aimed a few well chosen words of his own:
And then signed off with:
Leaving Ayesha Takia fuming with tweets like:
It was left to Ayesha's father to step in and explain, on Twitter, what had really happened to his other daughter. His tweet reads:
Ayesha's sister, Natasha Takia, was booked onto a Kingfisher flight from Kathmandu to New Delhi, from where she would take a connecting flight to Mumbai.
Kingfisher cancelled the flight from Kathmandu and booked her onto an Air India flight which arrived late in Delhi. As a result, Natasha missed her connection to Mumbai. Kingfisher denied that their staff even handed Natasha a boarding pass, leave alone tear it up, as she was wait listed.
While Ayesha Takia and Sidhartha Mallya traded insults, Kingfisher's official Twitter account made amends, apologizing to Natasha Takia for inconvenience caused:
While being careful to explain they were not to blame:
Their parting shot:
The war of tweets comes to a graceful end with Vijay Mallya's tweet:
"My personal apologies 2 Natasha Ayesha Takia's sister if she was disappointed with our service.Will have her allegations fully investigated".
Ayesha was quick to reciprocate, accepting the olive branch:
"I just read the tweet from Mr. vijay mallya..,I appreciate the response and hope the matter is seriously looked into and dealt with."
Then last evening, actress Ayesha Takia and Kingfisher heir Sidhartha Mallya fought The Great Twitter war.
Ms Takia tweeted a series of complaints alleging that her sister had been mistreated by the staff of Kingfisher Airlines. Mr Mallya responded by asking her to "pipe down, love." Not exactly great customer service, though his airline's official twitter account was far more obliging.Ayesha's tweets, heavy on exclamation marks began with:
Followers of the actress promptly weighed in with messages of support, condemning Kingfisher and urging Ayesha to file a complaint, to which she responded with:We r goin 2 take serious action against this and go 2 court with it,let the law handle it,so that this dosent happen 2 any girl again!
In the wake of all this angst on Twitter, Kingfisher scion Sidharth Mallya aimed a few well chosen words of his own:
And then signed off with:
Leaving Ayesha Takia fuming with tweets like:
It was left to Ayesha's father to step in and explain, on Twitter, what had really happened to his other daughter. His tweet reads:
Ayesha's sister, Natasha Takia, was booked onto a Kingfisher flight from Kathmandu to New Delhi, from where she would take a connecting flight to Mumbai.
Kingfisher cancelled the flight from Kathmandu and booked her onto an Air India flight which arrived late in Delhi. As a result, Natasha missed her connection to Mumbai. Kingfisher denied that their staff even handed Natasha a boarding pass, leave alone tear it up, as she was wait listed.
While Ayesha Takia and Sidhartha Mallya traded insults, Kingfisher's official Twitter account made amends, apologizing to Natasha Takia for inconvenience caused:
While being careful to explain they were not to blame:
Their parting shot:
The war of tweets comes to a graceful end with Vijay Mallya's tweet:
"My personal apologies 2 Natasha Ayesha Takia's sister if she was disappointed with our service.Will have her allegations fully investigated".
Ayesha was quick to reciprocate, accepting the olive branch:
"I just read the tweet from Mr. vijay mallya..,I appreciate the response and hope the matter is seriously looked into and dealt with."
