It's really horrific... How... Just one cricket match... a fucking inconsequential cricket match having no relevance to security & Geopolitics has exposed so many faultlines in our country(just have a look at media reports)... what would a war do? Where are we?
> Indian T20 team takes a knee for BLM, draws flak from sections of people
> Pakistani T20 team places hand on heart
> On Pakistan winning, videos & photos of some Indian citizens celebrating Pakistani win arise
> Large sections condemn this, including two well known former cricketers, who subsequently get attacked by another section for bigotry
> Some students outraged by a certain section celebrating Pakistani victory, respond violently, a section of media sides with the celebrating section by hiding the reason for the scuffle & thereby providing a narrative & not "the news"
> Some say Pakistan is not the enemy, claim we are just neighbors
This cricket thingy has been like this for some time. Yes, SM amplifies stuff but the underlying fault-line exists.
Anti-Modism can easily turn into anti-India narrative for these sections.