Shobhaa De Olympics

Daulatram Jogawat, an inspector with Madhya Pradesh police at whom columnist Shobhaa De had poked fun over his obese physical condition in a tweet, is undergoing a series of tests at a hospital here to determine the diseases he suffers from and if bariatric surgery could help him, a statement said.

Two days ago, columnist Shobhaa De's tweet about an overweight policeman caused massive uproar on social media. Now, a 58-year-old policeman from Madhya Pradesh, photographed in the tweet, has expressed his unhappiness over the incident.

Author Shobhaa De, who has been drawing flak for her unwarranted comments on the Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics, described shuttler PV Sindhu as "24 carat gold" and called her a "hero" after she clinched a silver medal at the event.

Columnist Shobhaa De's Olympic tweet that upset so many people some days ago isn't going to be forgotten any time soon. Twitter is reserving some of its breath for rejoinders to her posts about badminton star PV Sindhu, who prevailed over Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the Olympic women's singles semi-final in Rio on Thursday.

Maharashtra Sports Minister Vinod Tawde today said author Shobhaa De has "insulted" Indian athletes by "mocking" they had gone to Rio Olympics to take selfies and "come back empty-handed".

Shobhaa De made fun at the performance of the Indian athletes, saying that they have to gone to Rio to take selfies instead of winning medals, which drew strong responses from many social media users

Only the frivolous will find it humourous, because when the chips are down and all that you have worked for in the last four years comes to nought, like Jitu Rai, Abhinav Bindra or any of the others in Rio, then it is our duty to remind our sportsmen and women that they are still champions and will always be.

Daulatram Jogawat, an inspector with Madhya Pradesh police at whom columnist Shobhaa De had poked fun over his obese physical condition in a tweet, is undergoing a series of tests at a hospital here to determine the diseases he suffers from and if bariatric surgery could help him, a statement said.

Two days ago, columnist Shobhaa De's tweet about an overweight policeman caused massive uproar on social media. Now, a 58-year-old policeman from Madhya Pradesh, photographed in the tweet, has expressed his unhappiness over the incident.

Author Shobhaa De, who has been drawing flak for her unwarranted comments on the Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics, described shuttler PV Sindhu as "24 carat gold" and called her a "hero" after she clinched a silver medal at the event.

Columnist Shobhaa De's Olympic tweet that upset so many people some days ago isn't going to be forgotten any time soon. Twitter is reserving some of its breath for rejoinders to her posts about badminton star PV Sindhu, who prevailed over Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the Olympic women's singles semi-final in Rio on Thursday.

Maharashtra Sports Minister Vinod Tawde today said author Shobhaa De has "insulted" Indian athletes by "mocking" they had gone to Rio Olympics to take selfies and "come back empty-handed".

Shobhaa De made fun at the performance of the Indian athletes, saying that they have to gone to Rio to take selfies instead of winning medals, which drew strong responses from many social media users

Only the frivolous will find it humourous, because when the chips are down and all that you have worked for in the last four years comes to nought, like Jitu Rai, Abhinav Bindra or any of the others in Rio, then it is our duty to remind our sportsmen and women that they are still champions and will always be.