Shobhaa De said she was delighted to have been proved wrong. This hasn’t been an easy month in Twitterverse for writer-columnist Shobhaa De. Ever since the fateful tweet on August 8, when she commented on the Indian team at the Rio Olympics, the socialite has been trolled, shamed and abused by the junta and celebrities alike. She had tweeted: “Goal of Team India at the Olympics: Rio jao. Selfies lo. Khaali haat wapas aao. What a waste of money and opportunity.” Though, there had been many demands for her to withdraw her comment and/or apologise, De had steadfastedly avoided apologising for her comment that even drew protests from ace sportspersons such as cricketer Virender Sehwag and Olympics gold-winner Abhinav Bindra. In fact, she further went on to aggravate Twitterati and even non-Netizens with follow-up tweets such as: “Official apathy main reason why we fare so poorly during every Olympics, not just Rio. Difficult for athletes to ‘compete’ with this hurdle” and then “PV SINDHU Silver Princess ?”