Australian journalist Dennis Freedman schools Virat Kohli over Abhinandan tribute

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So as the whole of India welcomed the Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman after he was released by Pakistani authorities on March 1 there was perhaps a consensus among most of the Indians that they’ll believe their jingoistic media about this captured pilot’s alleged heroics.

Their celebrities too joined the circus and started terming him a hero and a “Majboot Jawan” (strong man) despite the fact that his plane was downed and he was captured by Pakistan Air Force in an operation.

As villagers caught him and started beating him, Pakistani soldiers came to his rescue and saved him from a possible lynching.

But Indian celebrities are Indian celebrities and Indian media is Indian, so they all started showering praise on him despite his clear failure.

As expected, their celebrities too joined the bandwagon and started tweeting on the #WelcomHomeAbhinandan trend only to be ridiculed and schooled by the Twitterati.

Trolls are trolls but even Australian cricket journalist Dennis Freedman couldn’t stop himself from schooling Indian star cricketer Virat Kohli when he posted an image on Instagram to pay “tribute” to the IAF wing commander.

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As Kohli termed Abhinadan his “real hero”, Dennis Freedman had to step in and remind the star batsman that Imran Khan not Abhinandan is the real hero in this situation.

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IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan was captured by Pakistan’s armed forces after his MiG 21 Bison aircraft was shot down by a PAF jet on February 27.

The very next day, PM Imran Khan announced that Pakistan will release him on March 1, Friday as a peace gesture.

The IAF pilot was handed over to India at the Wagah border on March 1. He was filmed walking across the Wagah pavilion at around 9pm in civilian clothes.

The pilot was accompanied to the border by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

https://arynews.tv/en/dennis-schools-kohli-abhinandan/

 

[maximuswarrior]

It doesn’t get more humiliating. The world isn’t crazy.

 

[Imran Khan]

i am still failed how he is hero too ? her is the one whom shot him down

 

[maximuswarrior]

i am still failed how he is hero too ? her is the one whom shot him down

Indians are good at pretending. What should have been a humble experience has transformed into a nationalistic mumbo jumbo affair. Not surprising at all. Indians have perfected this skill by learning from their daddy shree Modi jee.

 

[Oracle]

i am listening to indian media since this brawl started

• indian media is crazy and war monger, just look at Arnab Goswami . He is there to plan the next steps for india live on television , and he pressurize govt to do that .
• indian media made abhinanded hero by saying he shot down F16 ( how could abhinanded know the drama indian media made while he was in custody that it was behindhand who shot down F16 ) , Pakistan must have asked him on video that he didint fired any shot , and will release later for more humiliation.
• Also one thing noted , india feels humiliated that why pakistan crossed LOC by saying IAF crossed LOC for self defence only, it was not against PAkistan

 

[Lincoln]

i am listening to indian media since this brawl started

• indian media is crazy and war monger, just look at Arnab Goswami . He is there to plan the next steps for india live on television , and he pressurize govt to do that .
• indian media made abhinanded hero by saying he shot down F16 ( how could abhinanded know the drama indian media made while he was in custody that it was behindhand who shot down F16 ) , Pakistan must have asked him on video that he didint fired any shot , and will release later for more humiliation.
• Also one thing noted , india feels humiliated that why pakistan crossed LOC by saying IAF crossed LOC for self defence only, it was not against PAkistan

Which begs the question, where is Abhinandan? There is still no interview of him, no live coverage of him, nothing, where has he gone? What happened to his statements now that he is India?

 

[Trango Towers]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1101853486256410625

Indian troops on the front line. Pakistan zindabad. We want peace they want war.

 

[Ryan]

I caught a bit of the live of releasing the captured from a India news media. The journalist kept parroting the scripted line like Geneva Convention and threatening further provocation, which shows India media is so ungrateful, bellicose and provocative.

 

[Musafir117]

The problem is in their diet what they DRINK and eat their brains act upon the feed it has.