So, when it’s Rishi Kapoor, things are a tad old school. Agreement is great, and even silence is fine. But dissent? Sorry, not allowed! RJ Sucharita got a taste of it when she commented “Not funny” to an image the actor had shared, comparing a pregnant Beyonce to a flower vase of the same colour. The 65-year-old star, who will tell it his way come what may, immediately struck back, calling her face “funnier” and direct messaging her, “People like you who have no sense of humour mustn’t follow me. You are too screwed up. Sorry.” Some might have privately dissolved into giggles at this brutal hit back, but many took the righteous tone to harp on about the insensitivity and rudeness of his comments. Yeah, like Mr. Kapoor would care for their injured sentiments, anyway!

Point is, if you’re dying to achieve even a tiny percentage of Kapoor’s notoriety, here’s what you need to do, inspired by our very own ticking time-bomb’s torrid approach…

https://twitter.com/chintskap/status/932666367794331648

Hit back and doubly hard!
“You can't follow me and abuse me and think I will keep quiet... Once I was corrected that I should not put this on my timeline. Now I go to them and do this. I will not let anyone try and stomp over me. No one can walk over me.” Learn from the master on the power of offensive self-defence!

Sensationalism sells!
“Anything that you say there gets picked up by the media and can get magnified.” Like Rishi, you might have joined Twitter “as a lark,” to interact with friends, companions and fans but it’s time you understood its power. Go make a statement that will grab headlines now!

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The tadka of truth
“I am not using it to make a statement or to glorify myself. What I say is honest, sincere and innocent, without any malice involved. It’s not to hurt anyone intentionally. I just speak the truth.” Read, develop your opinions, and then share them with wit and a good deal of bite!

Step back occasionally
“Sometimes, I may have tweeted something wrong as well but I have accepted that, apologised and taken it back. Human beings make mistakes.” That rare glimpse of modesty in a man who generally believes he knows it all, disarms most people!

Self-jokes are always welcome
“I do fun things on Twitter. I enjoy it. I talk about the real Kapoor & Sons. That’s the way I am, regaling friends with simple, honest talk. I make myself the butt of my jokes like the one I cracked recently on obesity in the Kapoor family.” In short, take lines such as ‘Obesity does not run in the family; it’s because no one runs in the family’ and give it a personal twist.