Rio Olympics 2016: Heena Sidhu replies to Shobhaa De's insulting remark with these BRILLIANT tweets!

Soon after Indian men's hockey team lost their second match 2-3 to Germany, De took to Twitter to post an insulting tweet for the Indian athletes.

New Delhi: Indian shooter Heena Sidhu has slammed Indian author Shobhaa De for her tweet where she mocked Indian athletes for their dismal show in Rio Olympics 2016.

Heena joined the likes of Abhinav Bindra and Jwala Gutta, who expressed their views on De's tweet.

Soon after Indian men's hockey team lost their second match 1-2 to Germany, here is what De tweeted.

Goal of Team India at the Olympics: Rio jao. Selfies lo. Khaali haat wapas aao. What a waste of money and opportunity. — Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) August 8, 2016

Replying on behalf of Indian contingent, here is show Sidhu expressed her views in a series of tweets.

Some ppl have been criticizing the Indian Players for 'taking selfies and coming back empty handed'. To them I say, we fight. (1) — Heena sidhu (@HeenaSidhu10) August 9, 2016

We fight for us, we fight for d nation and v represent a billion ppl at the Olympics. And even if we lose the whole nation of billion ppl(2) — Heena sidhu (@HeenaSidhu10) August 9, 2016

Need to introspect why. Maybe it wud be nice if you write abt Sports sometimes... just sometimes...So that it becomes a national movement(3)

— Heena sidhu (@HeenaSidhu10) August 9, 2016

There is no reason a billion ppl cannot do well at the Olympics. No reason at all. — Heena sidhu (@HeenaSidhu10) August 9, 2016

Indian Players r made of sterner mettle. We face more than just criticism in our lives. I hope u feel good and proud of urself @DeShobhaa — Heena sidhu (@HeenaSidhu10) August 9, 2016