People here flipping out on using word rape as metaphor. Murder is OK. Using F word is also OK. Oh wait, chance to attack someone. Why miss? August 28, 2013

I deleted the harmless tweet because my haters were cutting it up and reposting it out of context with implied meanings.Forgot they lurk. Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) August 28, 2013

Really. I am trending now? Surely reforming me must be the most pressing issue. Economies crash everyday. Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) August 28, 2013

This morning, India's made-for-the-masses author and columnist Chetan Bhagat created outrage on Twitter with his tweet saying, "The Rupee is asking, is there no punishments for my rapists?"Cringe worthy grammar aside, while satirical digs should come to be accepted and society should learn to deal with well thought out taunts that playfully and sometimes effectively nudge its ways, the problem with a statement like this is that Bhagat is a respected name in a number of middle-class households and loosely throwing the word "rape" around can be cause for concern.The writer, who earlier received much flak for his article "An Letter from an Indian Muslim Youth", may need to think his comments through, since they are reaching out to an impressionable slice of the public.While the "twitterati" and literate elite often scoff at his work and comments, there is a serious need for a writer of his popularity and impact to keep his analogies in check and be more careful. He wasnt available for comments though."The R-word is the harshest word, especially in the current scenario and even in stand-up recently we've been avoiding it," said Sorabh Pant, stand-up comic and author of The Wednesday Soul.He added, "I think he's still a decent guy and we're all on the same team with respect to safety for women, but every one is on edge about it and rightly so. Maybe a thesaurus with other words for the same would help. Of course, I don't want to give vocabulary lessons to India's best authors."Writer and stand up comic, Tanmay Bhatt commented, "What he tweeted wasn't exactly spectacular, but way worse things are being said. I mean, now all media portals have 'How dare India be sexist' and right beside it have 'Six sexy outfits that Deepika Padukone wore in 2012'." There may be need for an overhaul on what is being put out there and how it is adversely affecting readers.The tweet may have been driven to deletion with shaming comments, but the retweets remain, the indent has been created and a man whose profession it is to use words constructively has let out an analogy that may be detrimental to the already problematic mindset in this country.This may seem trivial, and we may have larger issues to look into, but if influential personalities help with the change in "mindset" that the country requires and is crying for, it'll be a step in the right direction. Unfortunately his follow up tweet, "Have people lost perspective totally? Can a word can officially have several meanings and contexts? Or is twitter about looking for fight?" which completely misses the point, will not.