The sanskari memes of Alok Nath may soon do a volte face, with a different kind of content being uploaded. Alok Nath, the sanskaari man now suddenly finds himself being quite unpopular with the young junta after he made a particularly un-sanskaari comment on Sunday night.
The saga that ended the sanskaari man’s run of popularity began when Modi launched the #SelfieWithDaughter campaign, which trended on Twitter, with daddies happily posting pictures with their little girls. Women’s rights activist and columnist, Kavita Krishnan struck a discordant note in the selfie fest with her tweet about ‘stalking daughters’.
Careful before sharing #SelfieWithDaughter with #LameDuckPM. He has a record of stalking daughters.
— Kavita Krishnan (@kavita_krishnan) June 28, 2015
The tweet was a veiled reference to the two-year-old political scandal dubbed ‘Snoopgate’, when Modi’s close aide Amit Shah (now president of Bharatiya Janata Party) allegedly put a woman under surveillance using illegal methods under Modi’s orders.
Now Kavita may have good cause to feel bitter, but perhaps her tweet was ill-timed or could have been worded better. In any case, some people agreed with her sentiments, while the pro-Modi camp on Twitter rose up in scorn against her. While the kind of gendered abuse they hurled at her negates any happy #selfiewithdaughters posts, it also caused Alok Nath to respond in this way.
Alok Nath’s tweet got much more attention from the Twitter junta than Kavita’s tweet itself, with people taking him to task for using un-sanskaari and sexist language against a woman on a public forum. Subsequently, the tweet was deleted. But the Internet continues to rage against the sanskaari anyway. Here are some responses to his tweet.
Someone shut Alok Nath up before he ruins whatever nostalgia value there was of his weepy mug doing kanyadaan all over the place.
— Aditi Mittal (@awryaditi) June 29, 2015
just because @aloknath acts #Sanskari don’t expect him to be a #Sanskari #SelfieWithDaughter
— Paresh Puhan (@paresh_puhan) June 29, 2015
@RushdieExplains Yeh lijiye. @aloknath #Sanskari #SelfieWithDaughter pic.twitter.com/hkzHiah9ZJ
— Bruce Vain (@FeministBatman) June 29, 2015
Who would have thought the on-screen graceful @aloknath would be a rabid right-wing misogynist bigot. Thank you twitter.
— Baba Manhattani (@BabaGlocal) June 29, 2015
GAWD, @aloknath retweeted that shit! Phew! #SelfieWithDaughter INDEED! Clap, clap, clap. pic.twitter.com/SPNBWgR8v1
— Baba Manhattani (@BabaGlocal) June 29, 2015
#Sanskari Alok Nath shows his sanskar by abusing a women on #twitter
— Vishal Saha (@VStheDarkHorse) June 29, 2015
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