Asks who? Well our very own Chetan Bhagat. (Un) Arguably the dumbest IITian ever, Chetan Bhagat appears to be a sucker for fame and limelight. Or was he trying to please Mr. Modi? What happened was historians in India including the respectable Romila Thapar and Irfan Habib raised their concernj over the recent communal violence in Dadri and elsewhere in a joint statement. The statement released by them says “Differences of opinion are being sought to be settled by using physical violence. Arguments are met not with counter arguments but with bullets.”
Chetan Bhagat wants to know what exactly historians do and Twitter is quick to tell him
So what does Chetan Bhagat do. He logs into his twitter account and makes a faux pass. He asks the Twitterati “What do historians do? I am genuinely curious. This happened. Then this happened. Then this. Ok work done for the day.”
And we know Twitterati. They can’t let go of a question of this stupid magnitude unanswered. They responded and what happened was awesome. Such funny, hilarious and mind blowing tweets came out from everywhere that will make you go #ROFL and #LOL. Here I reproduce some of the most hilarious tweets of them all that (actually I am not sure) would have made Chetan feel sorry for the slip.
https://twitter.com/chetan_bhagat/status/659962069849083904
Twitter responded with a huge resounding crack and came down on the author for his failed attempt at being funny.
@chetan_bhagat What do authors do? I am genuinely curious. Judge one talent show, then judge one dance show. Ok work done for the day.
— Akshar (@AksharPathak) October 30, 2015
It of course ended up becoming a recurring theme among Twitterati.
What do athletes do? They put one foot forward, then the other foot, then repeat 200 times. Ok work done for the day https://t.co/29WZwmSfF0
— Rohan (@mojorojo) October 30, 2015
What do scientists evn do? They science here. Then some science there. Ok. Now?
— Tanmay Bhat (@thetanmay) October 30, 2015
Also for @chetan_bhagat, what do artists do, brush here, brush there, done for the day. Scientists, microscope here, telescope there, done..
— ranjona banerji (@ranjona) October 30, 2015
@chetan_bhagat please return your IIT degree.
— Biswa Kalyan Rath (@kalyanrath) October 30, 2015
And for @chetan_bhagat, engineers and mechanics, nut here, bolt there… Hmmm. That ought to do it for my day.
— ranjona banerji (@ranjona) October 30, 2015
I know that what history will do is forget Chetan Bhagat.
— Rohan (@mojorojo) October 30, 2015
What does @chetan_bhagat do? Type some words, then some more, then a paragraph and then ok work done for the day. https://t.co/QkrD0kB8Od
— Dave Besseling (@davebesseling) October 30, 2015
.@chetan_bhagat what do IIT-IIM grads. do? I’m curious. Write tharki love stories. Then, judge Nach Baliye. Ok work done for the day.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) October 30, 2015
For a writer of impact to make such an ignorant statement is shocking. Even science is history @chetan_bhagat
— Suchitra (@suchitrak) October 30, 2015
Chetan Bhagat’s next book: ‘Making India Stupid.’ https://t.co/xSDP6bZkjD
— Amit Varma (@amitvarma) October 30, 2015
What did Chetan Bhagat’s professors at the IIT and IIM do? I’m genuinely curious.
— Sayantan Ghosh (@sayantansunnyg) October 30, 2015
Today’s Twitter fight followed a similar script. After a firestorm of tweets, Bhagat tried to backtrack and issued this clarification.
In case it was not blatantly obvious that historian tweet was a joke. Made a million of them on writers and engineers before. Duh!
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) October 30, 2015
It appears Chetan quickly got his answer on Twitter about what historian do. That’s the power od #SocialMedia you see. You can’t get away with your stupidity
I must say that the last nail on the coffin is this tweet:
When you look at Chetan Bhagat you realize that being successful doesn’t mean you deserve it.
— Shabana (@shabanais) October 30, 2015
On this boring day, something which made me laugh like crazy. Well Twitter has its own reward 
What Do Historians Do: Twitter
