After the recent
developments, tension between India-Pakistan is again all time high, so much so,
that we are opening talking military solutions or even a full blown war.
What happens we will see
later if we see the Twitter trends from India and Pakistan, it will look like
every Pakistani has become so obsessed with India that it has mopped up his
cortex and diverted away his grey matter to think anything else.
While a look at India says
our people are moving away from Pakistan obsession. None of the tags in top
trends, at 8:30 PM and 10 PM, were Pakistan centric while Pakistan had three
India-centric tags in its top 10 at 8:30 PM which went up to four by 10 PM,
after Sushma Swaraj's strong rebuttal to Nawaz Sharif by her UNGA speech.
#UNGA is trending at top,
both at 8:30 PM and 10 PM, in India trends and it is understandable. India's
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was scheduled to address the UNGA today
and everyone was expecting a strong rebuttal of Nawaz Sharif's diatribe
delivered from the UNGA podium where he spoke bunch of lies.
And Sushma Swaraj delivered a
marvellous speech today - balances, dignified and tough on Pakistan. And she
had to trend and she is trending. In case of India, it is natural, but she was
on number 2 in Pakistan at 8:30 PM and at number 3 at 10 PM, while by 10 PM,
Sushma Swaraj had slipped back to 4th place.
That is good for us, the
Indian society. We have normal trends in the top rung, a look at these trends
shows, even if rhetoric between both countries is at an all time high. It shows
that we are finally shedding our Pakistan obsession. And it is in sync with the
aspirations of a society that is going to become the market of the largest
middle class in the world, that the whole world needs, even China.
But it is bad for Pakistan.
The trending topics show Pakistani politicians enjoy a jolly good time because
many in its society still believe excelling in India bashing, these Twitter
trends, at least show this. The trends show how tense Pakistani would be - they
are blabbering Burhan Wani, his father, Sushma Swaraj and Indus Water Treaty.
At 10 PM, it gets another
dose of hallucination when #BanBollywoodBecause starts trending at top. Now we
all know that who needs Bollywood - it is the Pakistani film industry and
Pakistani artists. India produces maximum number of films globally and has
become lifeline and permanent home for many Pakistani artists and filmstars.
It is indicative of a sick
mentality and the Pakistani society can never progress while being on this
track. They have to realize that India is a much bigger global power and their
future will become more stable and prosperous if they try to align their
policies to establish friendly ties with India.
©SantoshChaubey
