Top 10 Indian Twitter Trends of the Week [Oct8th-14th 2012]

1. T20 World Cup

The World cup concluded this week with West Indies bagging the Title.

So the favorites were out, and the cup was taken home by a team which the world has not seen celebrating in recent times. The hash tag #wt20 remained one of the most used tags.

2. Bigg Boss 6

The sixth season of the popular show Bigg Boss started this week on the Channel Colors. Salman Khan is hosting this season of Bigg Boss. On the show are renowned personalities like Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sampat Pal, Aseem trivedi , among others.

3. Allegations On Robert Vadra

Last week, Arvind Kejriwal alleged that land was given by DLF at throwaway prices to Robert Vadra. The topic remained a hot one among Indian Twitterati.

4. The launch of Thunderbird 500

The much awaited Royal Enfield Thunderbird 500 was launched this week. The classical motor bike was able to live up to the expectations of the people and so it was discussed in large numbers.

5. Gun Totting by Congress MP in Gujarat

Congress faced another situation of shame this week when a Congress MP, Vitthal Radadia took out his gun to pint at toll booth operators when they reportedly asked for his identity card. Gujarat Congress is in the worst position to accommodate such a controversy, especially when it has been out of power for more than a decade in Gujarat. Gujarat remained a word much used among Indian Twitterati.

6. IAS Officer In Haryana exposed Regularities in Land deals

We all know that honest people are not allowed to live peacefully I this country. An IAS officer in Haryana, who dared to expose huge irregularities in Land deals was transferred out of his office within 2 months. Haryana remained a word much used this week on Twitter.

7. Kejriwal demands arrest of Salman Khurshid

This was a topic much discussed among people on Twitter in India. Arvind Kejriwal has announced an indefinite agitation till Salman Khurshid is arrested. His protest is against the financial irregularities in the NGO run by Law minister Salman Khurshid.

8. #yorahulsodumb , 9. #easilyattractedto, 10. #threewordsofadvice

The 3 twitter trends above were all meme’s created which caught on the twitterverse in India and went up the Twitter charts.