She was India’s heartbreak. A young widow with the lifeless body of her husband of less than a week--a naval officer slain in the Pahalgam attack--cradled in her lap became a haunting image of grief. On social media, this deeply personal sorrow in the lush meadows of Pahalgam got ‘Ghiblified’ and became a weapon to ignite a firestorm of anger and pain across the country.And then she spoke: words of peace and restraint, urging against allowing hate to consume us. In a matter of seconds, she was branded a traitor; her voice was drowned out. She was trolled, abused, and dehumanised. When did empathy become treason?
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