Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma attracted criticism from unrelenting twitteratti as she expressed her condolences on former president APJ Abdul Kalam's demise. Why, you ask? The pretty maiden mistaking him with Bharatratna Abul Kalam Azad, got the missile man's name all wrong in her tweet that read, “Very sad to hear about the passing of ABJ Kalam Azad. Loss of an inspiring visionary and a wonderful soul. May his soul RIP.”
No sooner had she realised her mistake, she deleted it, only to get the name all wrong again. “Very sad to hear about the passing of APJ Kalam Azad. Loss of an inspiring visionary and a wonderful soul. May his soul RIP.”
Even though she did get the name all figured out and right the third time, she already was in the line of fire, and bore the brunt of her faux pas.
Twitter user Raghav Chopra said, “there should be far greater outrage on Anushka Sharma's tweet #KalamSir than there was on Salman Khan over Yakub.”
Other tweets read, “@AnushkaSharma You only focus on VIRAT KOHLI. Shame that it took u 3 attempts to write APJ Abdul Kalam's name properly on twitter.”
“@AnushkaSharma third time ? That's what Abdul Kalam Azaad was all about.. Hard word and dedication.. You will get success eventually.”
As they say, third time's the charm.
