Comedian Mallika Dua’s views on the outrage over Pulwama attack of 14 February have evoked an angry outcry for their perceived insensitivity.
In a video, Dua said she doesn’t believe in showing ‘performative patriotism’ after the Pulwama attack and asked people to stop showing what she called their ‘nakli (fake) nationalism’ by showing their grief and anger about the attack for a ‘few likes’.
Using what be may called a false equivalence, Dua, who has a following of over a million followers across different platforms, compared the death of the martyrs in the Pulwama attack to those who die of hunger and depression. The video, 4:38 minutes long, was posted on her Facebook page, but the clip that went viral on Twitter was a 34 second one where Dua ranted against those who showed solidarity to the Pulwama martyrs and their families.
Here’s the full link to the video.