Amitabh Bachchan’s online geography blunder

On Tuesday, Amitabh Bachchan’s congratulatory tweet on Indian boxer MC Mary Kom’s win in the quarter finals at the Olympics turned into Bachchan-bashing online. Bachchan, who has an active presence on his microblogging site, posted: “T 828 - Mary Kom !! wins her boxing bout, insured a Bronze! What a story ! A Mother of two from Assam, creates moment of pride for India !” Even though Big B was quick to apologize, Big B’s detractors were quicker to point out that Mary Kom belongs to Manipur, not Assam.

Here’s what the Twitterati had to say about the error:
Seems like you celebrities have zero geographical knowledge about your own country. #sigh– Aveek Borah
Its something people from entire NE have been facing since times. I remember an instance in Chennai when a telecom call center attendant asked me whether Assam is a part of India. – Ñikhil Ðebbarma
Thats what happens when you let a PR company tweet for you. –Rohn Abheek

Big B shud not set an example like this…What will little Aaradhya learn? He should take Geography lessons. – Vijay Singh At least China nahi bola :D:D– Sunandita Dasgupta

Please take Geography lessons Big B and all Bollywood celebs who can’t differentiate Assam from Manipur and Nagaland from Tripura.– Vinay Gupta

Perhaps because the “COMPUTER MAHASHAY” was not there in front of him. – Nagra Basumatary