Tuesday 27 June 2017

Tale of two World Leaders of Social Media : Donald Trump and Narendra Modi 

Varanasi. A sort of history  was created when two icons of social media met at white house on Monday. Donald Trump, and no body else, realised the importance of this meeting when the POTUS, who is still in election mode and in no mood to forgive mainstream media, said that they were two world leaders of social media.
Sooner than  later social psychology would incorporate the phenomenon called Trump and Modi, in syllabus who battled only to batter, later on, the mainstream media to make it almost irrelevant. The second term, if it happens, of Trump and Modi would  decimate the mainstream media, if Vladimirovich did not switch side to help their opponents.
They are supreme commanders of social media armies, even though they claim to represent " WE THE PEOPLE". Their attitude towards their supporters is just like of shepherds to the sheep . Their twitter accounts, data of following and followers, show the hierarchy and one way communication from Sovereign King to plebeian masses. Just look the data:
                       
Donald Trump ;   Following: 45                            Followers: 32.9 M                                    

Narendra Modi: Following 1769                           Followers: 31M

Narendra Modi polled 5,81022 popular votes in 2014 election to represent Varanasi in Lok Sabha. He is our man in Parliament. But apparently there are only handful of Benaresis in his 'following' list. And it is his loss not ours. Logically he should have followed every Benaresi and it would have been a  privilege for him. We, all Beanresis including pandits, professionals, merchants, chandals, cows, monkeys and donkeys, are in the following list of Lord Shiva, who guarantee us of Moksha, the ultimate liberation. If Lord Shiva ever shows foolishness, under  the influence of dhatoora , to exclude or block any Benaresi from following list he would do it at his own peril. Unless Mother Goddess Annapurna intervenes Benaresis would dislodge him.

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