India loves to outrage. Twitter loves 140 characters of thought, however bereft of imagination or creatively awesome that thought might be. Hence, India + Twitter = The Great Indian Tamasha.
Recently, writer Salman Rushdie sparked an online debate of sorts when he referred to Modi bhakts as ‘ Modi toadies ‘ on Twitter.
Here come the Modi Toadies. FYI, Toadies: I support no Indian political party & oppose all attacks on free speech. Liberty is my only party.
— Salman Rushdie (@SalmanRushdie) October 12, 2015 The tweet had come following his support for Sahitya Akademi awardees who were returning their awards, especially Nayantara Sahgal:
I support #NayantaraSahgal and the many other writers protesting to the Sahitya Akademi. Alarming times for free expression in India.
— Salman Rushdie (@SalmanRushdie) October 12, 2015 A bit of Googling brought us to a 2012 article by Mihir Sharma in Business Standard , titled, Modi, myths and man . Sharma is the one who deserves the accolades/brickbats depending which side of the coin you favour, because, believe it or not, he coined the term ‘Modi-toadies’.
But, of course, who cares! The talk is about #ModiToadies . Let’s get back to the entertaining tweets doing the rounds.
Thank you, dear Rushdie, for coining #ModiToadies to add to our hashtags of #lowiqSanghi #DufferModi etc. 🙂 we will use this too now.
— Suryanarayan Ganesh (@gsurya) October 13, 2015 Has a nice ring to it, no? #ModiToadies lol
— Disgruntled Feminist (@JhagdaluAurat) August 1, 2015 Its bttr to be Modi Toadies thn to be Congi Zombies who only want to divide this country in the name of Modi..v luv our PM bolta reh Rushdie
— Aishwarya (@ap_aishupurohit) October 13, 2015 Being Modi Toadies is way better than being a Spineless Salman Rushdie who couldn’t even fight Islamic fatwas issued for writing the truth.
— 🙂 (@AsYouNotWish) October 13, 2015 Ever since Mr Rushdie gave a glorious kick on the backside of Modi Toadies, they can’t stop talking out of their ass pic.twitter.com/Yt2AZoyABU
— SamSays (@samjawed65) October 13, 2015 Modi Toadies sat on a wall Modi Toadies hd a great fall All d king’s horses & all d king’s men Couldn’t put Modi (Toadies) together again
— Shaik Ahmed (@ShaikAhmed25) October 13, 2015 It’s not a fair Twitter war if personal attacks are not made:
#moditoadies @SalmanRushdie You have been so prolific, we have lost the count of your books (and marriages too…)
— Thought Value (@s_khushu) October 13, 2015 #ModiToadies If we are MODITOADIES,then people who run away from their motherland are what?UNIVERSAL SKUNKS??
— Anand K.Vajapeyam (@vajapeyam) October 13, 2015 This smart fellow has come up with a satirical song on the episode:
Modi Toadies should listen to this satirical song on him. Others should also listen to enjoy and have a good laugh. http://t.co/yMl3hOZedm
— Rahul Garg (@Rahul4Art) October 13, 2015 
