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Chetan Bhagat asks what do historians do. Twitterati takes his class

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charumathi
charumathiOct 30, 2015 | 13:38

Chetan Bhagat asks what do historians do. Twitterati takes his class

Chetan Bhagat's obsession with making controversial tweets has, by now, become a joke in itself. The writer's tweets, have in the past, irked many and it is a usual scene that he comes up with another tweet clarifying his intentions.

On Friday morning, Chetan tried to take a dig at the historians, likely in the context of over 50 historians speaking out about rising intolerance in India, and tweeted:

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As usual, his tweets backfired. Check out some funny reactions he got:

Some went a step ahead:

With this one, Chetan was burnt:

But Mr Bhagat was in no mood to give up. He tweeted a question -

- immediately got a response saying

- and he answered himself:

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Here are some other funny reactions he got:

He then went on to make his stand about those who are returning awards, tweeting

and now, we have no idea what exactly the "best-selling" author's views are! Finally, he tried to pull back his tweet on historians calling it a joke!

On October 18, Chetan got trolled for mocking writers who returned their Sahita Akademi Award.

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We really feel Chetan should take a break from social media, go to the hills, but refrain himself from writing another novel mashing up characters and situations from his earlier novels.

Last updated: October 30, 2015 | 19:15
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