RIP Dev Anand: Twitter reflects an India in shock

[caption id=“attachment_147662” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Screen grab from CNN IBN”] [/caption]Dev Anand is the latest in a long line of celebrities to have passed away this year, and the news of his death has caused a furore in India. And as seems to be the trend these days, many Indians (both famous and ordinary) have taken to Twitter to express their sorrow. “So I guess 2011 is the real Jewel Thief. R.I.P. dad’s favourite actor. #devanand”, tweeted Shakeel Sobhan. Many of Bollywood’s glitterati also used the micro blogging site to express their shock that the ’evergreen’ actor was also mortal. Unsurprisingly, Dev Anand was also the topmost trending tag on Twitter. Below are a collection of some of the reactions on Twitter:

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