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Primeminister of India, Narendra Modi, would not take my question, I was not expecting him to. Norway has the number one spot on the World Press Freedom Index, India is at 157th, competing with Palestine, Emirates & Cuba. It is our job to question the powers we cooperate with.

The amount of coverage and mileage Indian twitter has given to the Norwegian journalist is actually a lesson into how NOT to act on silly tweets. Had eveyone left it alone, her 500 follower and five tweet account would’ve just been ignored. But now we’ve ensured millions of impressions, thousands of followers and turning her into India’s anti Modi gangs platinum membership. Don’t be surprised if you find her speaking at some conclave soon in India. While there’s so central ideology that controls India’s online behaviour, we have to realise we are a massive and potent force. By highlighting someone, in negative or positive way, we end up giving them a taste of our ‘support’. I call it support because even criticising is an impression. Their account gets benefitted. Sometimes it’s best to ignore.