Javed Akhtar's Double-Edged Rejoinder For Tripura Chief Minister's Claim
After Biplab Kumar Deb's remarks, saying that Mahabharata's king Dhritarashtra was getting updates from the battle of Kurukshetra, Javed Akhtar hit back at the chief minister. Social media exploded with memes and jokes from both celebrities and ordinary social media users.
MUMBAI: After Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb claimed that satellite communication and the internet existed during the Mahabharata, poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar took to social media today to hit back at the Chief Minister, saying that "any religious belief in the world is only as logical and reasonable as the beliefs of this man (Biplab Kumar Deb)". Mr Akhtar also criticised those who were "making fun" of Mr Deb, saying that they should "look at their own religious beliefs".
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Why are people making fun of the CM of Tripura for claiming that there was internet in Mahabharata times . They should look at their own religious beliefs with the same objectivity . Any religious belief in the world is only as logical and reasonable as the beliefs of this man .
9:08 AM - Apr 19, 2018
After Mr Deb's remarks, saying that Mahabharata's king Dhritarashtra was getting updates from the battle of Kurukshetra, social media exploded with memes and jokes, from both celebrities and ordinary social media users, which gave many other mythological events a modern day twist.
In one tweet, writer Richa Singh claimed that if the internet had existed at the time, "all data services would have been suspended in Kurukshetra".
CoOne Twitter user, in a reply to Mr Akhtar's tweet, claimed to have unearthed a giant pen drive from the Mahabharata, claiming sage Vyasa carried "a soft copy" of the Mahabharata on the pen drive.median Sapan Verma questioned why the Pandavas played dice, instead of a popular internet poker game.
Historian Audrey Truschke said that Krishna "really should have streamed the Bhagavad-Gita on Facebook Live".
This raises a few questions. Why didn't Abhimanyu ask Quora how to escape the Chakravyuha? Why did Sanjay narrate the Kurukshetra War when Siri could have done it? Also, Krishna really should have streamed the Bhagavad-Gita on Facebook Live. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/internet-existed-in-the-days-of-mahabharata-tripura-cm-biplab-deb/articleshow/63803490.cms … #Mahabharata
Many supported Mr Akhtar, saying that there was a difference between 'belief' and 'fact'.
