{"id":16720,"date":"2017-05-27T12:05:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T19:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=16720"},"modified":"2017-05-27T12:05:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T19:05:16","slug":"angry-sonu-nigam-bids-adieu-to-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/angry-sonu-nigam-bids-adieu-to-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry Sonu Nigam Bids Adieu to Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sonu Nigam holds a press conference before shaving his head in Mumbai, April 19. Nigam shaved his head and insisted he was not “anti-Muslim” after a series of controversial tweets over loudspeakers in morning prayers at mosques. (AFP\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n

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@siliconeer #siliconeer #Bollywood @Bollywood #sonunigam @sonunigam #Twitter @Twitter \u2013 Singer Sonu Nigam, who found himself in the eye of a Twitter storm last month for his comments on \u2018azaan,\u2019 the Islamic call to prayer, announced his intention to quit the microblogging site in a series of 24 tweets, May 24.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI bid adieu to Twitter and my close to 7 Million followers today, leaving most Disappointed and angry at me, and some Sadists Happy,\u201d he tweeted at 10.13 am, May 24, the first of a volley of tweets that lasted over half an hour.<\/p>\n

The singer, who had expressed his annoyance over being woken up by \u2018azaan\u2019 every morning, accused the microblogging site of conducting a \u201cone sided sham\u201d after its decision to suspend singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya\u2019s account following his \u201coffensive\u201d tweets, especially against women.<\/p>\n

Nigam also warned his followers and the media to take screenshots of his tweets as he intended to delete his account soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have come to understand that You can wake up someone who\u2019s sleeping, but can not wake up one who\u2019s pretending to sleep when he\u2019s awake. Media, is divided. Some Nationalists, some just Cold blooded Pseudos not ready to learn from our History of Traitors. Hv (Have) seen Love Pouring in from Most Quarters 4 (for) my Balanced approach; & unreasonable, illogical, ruthless, Profanities being hurled frm (from) other,\u201d said the singer.<\/p>\n

Defending Abhijeet\u2019s comments on JNU student-activist Shehla Rashid, Nigam said, \u201cOne Could disagree wth Abhijeetda\u2019s language but isn\u2019t Shehla\u2019s accusation that BJP has a Sex Racket, Provocation enough to Supporters?<\/p>\n

\u201cIf his account is deleted, why not Her? And the other Morons who hurl Mother Sister abuses to every Achiever?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere\u2019s the Balance? How is it all so one sided? Why is everyone so Angry here on Twitter? Why can\u2019t there be a Sensible discussion?\u201d<\/p>\n

The singer also supported BJP MP-actor Paresh Rawal, who kicked up a row with his remark that author Arundhati Roy should be tied to an Army jeep instead of a stone-pelter, a reference to an incident in Kashmir where an officer used a protester as a \u201chuman shield.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA woman can endorse a picture of Gautam Gambhir in the front of the Army Jeep, & Paresh Rawal, Criticized for doing the same to someone else.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccepted Arundhati has the right to her opinion about Kashmir, but then the other billion Indians have the right to feel Let Down too right?\u201d<\/p>\n

Nigam, who saw the fallout of his \u2018azaan\u2019 tweets rage on for days, even becoming a political issue, tweeted, \u201cPeople blessing you on one hand; and some wishing Death upon you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dwelling at length on what he said exposes the hypocrisy of Indian society, he said people had stopped being humans.<\/p>\n

He appealed for people to have sensible discussions.<\/p>\n

Twitter was a \u201cgame changer,\u201d he said, but had been reduced to \u201cPorn, shown in Theatres.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obviously hurt over being called anti-Muslim after his \u2018azaan\u2019 comments, Nigam said he had no religion and followed a religion of his own choosing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t belong to a place whr(where) sm (some) Pseudo Intellectuals actually turn a Blind Eye to d Unprecedented slap I gave 2 d Fatva proclaimers on me,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am no Right Wing, No Left Wing. I respect everyone\u2019s Opinion but I guess Here, you have to Belong Somewhere. I hope I never need to return here to Clarify, but I never say Never! At this point, my Pious life, needs to Declutter.\u201d<\/p>\n

On a lighter note, Nigam also told his followers who were planning to get married to scan their to-be-partners profiles on Twitter to get a handle on their psyche.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople getting married? You can actually know the entire Psychology & Class of a Partner by just going through his Twitter Time line,\u201d Nigam said, before signing off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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