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The actress had earned the ire of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar fans for her joke about their leader.
Updated : May 08, 2016, 10:46 PM IST
We seem to live in times where we aren’t even allowed to make a joke about anything anymore. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of Art of Living, has been in the news for a host of things in the recent past. He made news, recently, for suggesting that perhaps Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize winner who stood up for a girl’s right to study and was shot at by the Taliban, did not deserve the award.
Twinkle Khanna commented on the controversy over Sri Sri Ravishankar's comments. The tweet read: "Sri Sri got his noble foot and half his beard stuck in his mouth in a yogic pose that Baba Ramdev perfected a while ago.” #HolyMenandHairyTales
It was just a joke, but apparently that’s enough to hurt feelings these days as Art of Living fans on Twitter seemed to take offence and demanded a ban on her husband’s upcoming movie. It wasn’t just the regular trolls that meander aimlessly on Twitter with their egg-head display pics. Darshak Hathi, the International Director of the Art of Living Foundation, also took aim at the columnist. He threatened Twinkle in a tweet, which has since been deleted: “Millions of followers r going 2 boycott #Houseful3 4 hurting the sentiments by inappropriate and ill intended comments f @mrsfunnybones on Sri Sri.”
While Twinkle Khanna replied, “Didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings was meant to be a joke and am old enough to accept an error of judgement on my part.”, he replied: “Error of Judgement or Fear of #BoycottHousefull3. Anyway Being Old & Being wise is different thing."
Twinkle as per usual was not going to bow down to such treats as she wrote: “Art of living teacher practising Art of intimidation? Didn't like my joke diss me-drag my husband,boycott etc #Shame”
To this the AOL International Director replied: “@mrsfunnybones My tweet was in respond to your tweet which has hurt my sentiments. I appreciate that you have gracefully deleted it and @mrsfunnybones It happens when sentiments are hurt. No Hard feeling. Sorry if you r hurt.”
Obviously, Twitter wasn’t amused at the bullying as scores of Twitterati came out in support of Twinkle Khanna with many called out the AOL director for his bullying.
Disgusting mob behaviour by the art of living followers making @mrsfunnybones delete her joke on a man who deserves more such jokes
— Suparn Verma (@Suparn) May 8, 2016
@mrsfunnybones I guess even if you are twice the man you can't take on a woman! #srisri #MrMr https://t.co/MzV058710K
— radhika vaz (@radvaz) May 8, 2016
@mrsfunnybones "Yet all experience is an arch, wherethrough gleams that wide untravelled world whose margin fades forever... "@PritishNandy
— Narasinga (@syrinje) May 8, 2016
error of judgement???
— Priyashmita Guha (@priyashmita) May 8, 2016
U mean when everyone has to bow down to intimidation?
Shame on Art of Living https://t.co/rk3nxBkLTh
Some of the most abusive trolls on Twitter are art of living teachers! Ironic... https://t.co/gRWeFwoaJS
— Rohini Singh (@Rohinisgh_ET) May 8, 2016
@mrsfunnybones @Harneetsin @DarshakHathi bro I think u need a quick course in art of living urself to have a sense of humor.
— Iqbal Khan (@Miqbalkhan) May 8, 2016
Art of cyber bullying. Just sad. https://t.co/hKrF1ULNhk
— Karuna John (@karunajohn) May 8, 2016
@SriSri needs to take a deep breath and then a week long course on The Art of Living. https://t.co/djR5En8jeC
— ramesh sharma (@rameshfilms) May 8, 2016
Republic of Hurt Sentiments. https://t.co/NHwTIP8lkf
— bharath (@bharath_kedlaya) May 8, 2016
Really @SriSri why these despicable acts? What's gone wrong with you? Destroying your own reputation. https://t.co/5vNcIvavij
— swati chaturvedi (@bainjal) May 8, 2016
So this is how the messiah of peace, @SriSri, preaches his followers to practice love and forgiveness? https://t.co/TyuLiuP97C
— Neha Singh (@J_NehaR) May 8, 2016