Omar Quraishi, a journalist with Samaa TV in Pakistan, mocked India's win at the Rio Olympics 2016 in a series of tweets that invited criticism from not just the general public, but also Bollywood superstar, Amitabh Bachchan who took to Twitter to defend the country's win.
Finally one of the 119 competitors that India sent to Rio has won a medal - a bronze - now see how they portray it as if they won 20 golds
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016
For a population of over 1.25 billion India managed just one bronze medal - Norway with 5 million managed 2 -- tch tch tch — omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016
Twenty-three-year-old wrestler Sakshi Malik won a bronze medal in the wrestling 58 kg category after beating Aisuluu Tynybekova 8-5 in the bronze medal bout, thereby ending India's desperate wait for a medal at the Rio Olympics 2016.
The whole nation erupted in joy after Malik gave India its first medal at the Rio Olympics 2016. Malik's parents were overjoyed at her win while the Haryana government announced that she would be given Rs. 2.5 crore and a job.
Wishes poured in from across the country. Well-known personalities from across professions congratulated the wrestler on social media.
But it seems her win didn't go down well with Quraishi who took to Twitter to mock at India's failure at winning medals despite a population of 1.25 billion people.
Meanwhile, Pakistan has sent only seven athletes to the Rio Olympics this year.
My TL would suggest that may Indians on Twitter are quite intolerant of criticism - one bronze for 1.25 billion people is valid criticism
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016
JUST IN: The Indian Army wins Gold at the Rio Olympics in the newly-introduced sport 'Shooting Unarmed Civilians in the Eye' — omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016
Following the tweets, Amitabh Bachchan and renowned journalist Shekhar Gupta along with a host of other Twitter users lashed out at Quraishi for his insensitive remarks. However, the Pakistani journalist was quick to respond to all the hate that came his way.
For me it is worth a 1000 golds and even that is not enough. Pride for Sakshi, proud that she is Indian and a woman https://t.co/io5JyaMTUP
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 18, 2016
Moral of the story is that it takes a teeli tweet for Amitabh Bachchan to respond to you if you are from Pakistan https://t.co/5JiBwd6S8Y — omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016
Note to fellow Pakistani Twitterati: Critique India's performance at the Olympics & the Great Bachchan will respond pic.twitter.com/5EdjMFZCMY
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016
You deserve a red card. No proportionate quota in Olympics. #GB has more medals than 25 times bigger China #Rio2016 https://t.co/2Loh6dvICW — Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) August 18, 2016
Agree. Our athletes win not due to govt policies but in spite of them. That's why we mustn't mock their achievement https://t.co/qrpNtFMFXf
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) August 18, 2016
@omar_quraishi we sent 119, u sent 7.If all of ur athletes win medals congrats to u. If ours wins we will celebrate.What's there to complain — Saurabh Bhandari (@sigmaiotapi) August 18, 2016
Let's worry first about a country of 1.25 billion winning just one bronze medal https://t.co/3QO90uoTEI
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016
Actually India has more than 6 times as many people so if I were you I'd worry about India first https://t.co/trmZUsuENQ — omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016
No Priyanka Jee -- but commenting on India's bad sports policies doesn't mean Pakistanis don't want economic growth https://t.co/Z3f864HGJa
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016
Pa ji - 1.25 billion pay ek bronze - Pakistan tau Sirif 200 million hai https://t.co/TmUNB2vPQy — omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016
Priyanka jee India has always got the Gold in the "We are the best in the world even if we are not" category https://t.co/XKHUDG3M6y
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016
Of course it is - especially when a country of over 1.2 billion sends 119 athletes and wins one bronze only https://t.co/ELCa1TqMGV — omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) August 18, 2016
@omar_quraishi Says the country which sent 7 athletes and 17 officials!!
— Harish Puri (@harishbpuri) August 18, 2016
@omar_quraishi pakistan already won gold by killing 150 children in APS.. #RESPECT — YO YO (@SarkariNauker) August 18, 2016
@omar_quraishi And Pakistan wins all 3 medals in the 'using women and children as shields while perpetrating terrorism' event again.
— Siddhant Singhal (@sidaster) August 18, 2016
You forgot to mention the Pak army winning gold by Bombing own Citizens using jets. Another medal for "Hide the Osama" @omar_quraishi — Vishal Kumar Sahu (@vishalsme) August 18, 2016
@omar_quraishi ooo Uncle how many players from ur country In Rio For #Rio2016 or all r in busy terrorism and killing innocent people
— RohitGangwar (@09_rkg) August 18, 2016
@omar_quraishi One medal gets pakis jealous. A few more and you might run to U.N. crying like you do about kashmir — Sanjil Vashist (@Sanjil_v) August 18, 2016
