My mom finally asked me
Some 5 minutes ago, my mom finally asked me "What is twitter?" thanks to Shashi Tharoor, Lalit Modi and the conventional media that most of the non internet savvy Indian moms are intrigued by twitter. They for once are feeling backward while TV news keep mentioning twitter and probably for the first time understanding virtue of internet. Twitter has now hit mainstream in India and with conventional media advertising for it, it has proved as the chosen platform for conversations. This is what users do to an idea, they take it to a totally different level and twitter must be enjoying what users are doing with the platform.
My take on controversy:
1> Don't give Shashi tharoor the benefit of doubt just coz he is uber cool politician with a twitter account, illustrious resume and a infectious conversationalist, I would wait for facts to come out and I think he was definitely upto something.
2> Lalit Modi always too smart and too enthusiastic for his own good might be in a soup and might spoil for other franchisee. But it might lead to something very positive, which could open up things in BCCI and would bring out lots of sleazy stuff.
