“What’s wrong with India” is trending on social media. The social media is flooded with posts with this phrase. The phrase became a trend with 4.3 lakhs posts and even the government of India (MyGovIndia) participating.
But what is “What’s wrong with India”?
The story began a few days ago when a Spanish tourist was gang-raped in India’s Jharkhand. This led to widespread outrage on social with numerous users sharing their negative travel experiences in India.
Nevertheless, certain accounts seized upon this event to discredit India, claiming that such occurrences were commonplace in the country daily.
But here is the twist with users using reverse card:
On March 13th numerous users in India, identified as X users, posted content with a unique twist.
They shared images and videos depicting comparable incidents from other countries alongside the caption ‘what’s wrong with India’.
Their aim was to demonstrate that X’s algorithm was prioritizing posts featuring the phrase ‘what’s wrong with India’, thereby amplifying anti-India content.
Remarkably, some of these posts, originating from users with fewer than 300 followers, garnered over one lakh impressions, with a notable ratio of comments and likes.
WHAT’S WRONG WITH INDIA 🇮🇳
This Hinduvadi man is forcing these persecuted Pakistani Hindu refugees to eat sweets because they will soon become citizens of India!
Look at their forced smiles! Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/BBROBUHIlZ
— Kreately.in (@KreatelyMedia) March 12, 2024
What’s wrong with India 🇮🇳
Be aware of pajeets in Delhi Metro ?? 😡 pic.twitter.com/bCNaqEAMgU
— Delhi Se Hoon BC (@delhichatter) March 12, 2024
What’s wrong with India
A group of “youths” in Melbourne savagely attacked an autistic 14 year old White girl.pic.twitter.com/zdqhvh3E2C
— Pooja Sangwan ( Modi Ka Parivar ) (@ThePerilousGirl) March 12, 2024
WHAT’S WRONG WITH INDIA 🇺🇲 😍pic.twitter.com/yBOT2dIeoW
— Ameet Kush (@AmeetKush) March 13, 2024
OMG 😱 WHAT’S WRONG WITH INDIA
Eating baby mice alive 🤮🤮🤮 pic.twitter.com/YaXlo8Vaxr
— Incognito (@Incognito_qfs) March 12, 2024
OMG “WHAT’S WRONG WITH INDIA” 😳
This country is not at all safe.!! 🤧
pic.twitter.com/xBc8tlpOCT— Gems Of Telangana (@GemsOfKCR) March 12, 2024
Not only the users, but government’s citizen engagement portal MyGovIndia also jumped into the trend, sharing India’s success story.
What’s wrong with India?
ഇന്ത്യക്ക് എന്താണ് കുഴപ്പം? pic.twitter.com/fGpjbce2ZS— MyGov Malayalam (@MyGovMalayalam) March 12, 2024
The origin of the widespread attention garnered by the phrase ‘what’s wrong with India’ remains uncertain. However, the Indian X community effectively co-opted the expression, turning it into a trend that aligned with their interests.