Twitter Alert: Madhuri Dixit joins Twitter

The Express Tribune presents the best tweets from celebrities online this week.

Dancing diva Madhuri Dixit is the latest Bollywood star to join Twitter. She received a warm welcome from her fans and is being followed by 11,500 people within a week of joining the microblogging site.

“For all of my fans, finally I have joined Twitter. Love, Madhuri,” she wrote in her first tweet.

Before joining the site, Dixit had said, “If I am on Twitter and Facebook, I will keep in touch with all my co-stars and old friends from Bollywood.”

Many Bollywood celebrities have also extended a warm welcome to the 43-year-old.

Hrithik Roshan posted, “People, let’s welcome the one and only Madhuri Dixit. Twitter just turned beautiful. Welcome, madam. Love and respect.”

Diya Mirza tweeted, “I’m an ardent admirer of this lady. Her smile says to hell with darkness, I bring light. Madhuri Dixit! Big shoutout.”

Musician Justin Bieber is determined he will not give up on social networking websites.

“I will never close my accounts on Facebook and Twitter because it is a way to interact with my fans,” said 16-year-old Bieber who currently has 15 million fans on Facebook and six million followers on Twitter.

We present the best tweets from celebrities this week.

Farah Khan

Had gone for my assistant’s wedding where a seven-year-old boy asked me if I was wearing the same outfit that I wore on my chat show. Hey Bhagwan!

Ali Zafar

Been listening to Abida Parveen’s “Raqs-e-Bismal” since the morning. May God grant her health.

Hrithik Roshan

People, stop showing love by hating another. Love has no flip side. Hate the action, not the doer. Absorb, learn, grow. It’s about time we evolved as a society.

Neil Nitin Mukesh

Though I agree that friendship is important, it’s important to know that you’ve got the right set of friends.

Akshay Kumar

Today’s a very sad day. I lost my Nani (grandmother) late last night. But what a wonderful person. Loved the life she led with eight children and many grandchildren who adored her. May she rest in peace.

Ashton Kutcher

You can always find someone crazy enough to turn leisure into insanity.

Natasha Bedingfield

My album’s out in the US in three days. I’m so thrilled to be able to finally share it with you. It’s out in the rest of the world early next year.

Conan O’Brien

Haven’t been on Twitter in a few hours. Are the Koreans still there?

Atiqa Odho

A wise man once told me, the more relevant you become to society, the greater the challenges.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 5^th, 2010.