Dialogues from Uri have gone viral on WhatsApp and social media after the Indian Air Force's airstrikes in Pakistan on February 26
Hindustan ab chup nahi baithega. Yeh naya Hindustan hai. Yeh ghar mein ghusega bhi, aur maarega bhi.
When Uri The Surgical Strike hit the screens a month and a half ago, little did actor Paresh Rawal realise that his line would soon go viral on WhatsApp and social media in ways unimaginable. But it began with the Pulwama attack on February 14. The Indian audience, fresh from the Aditya Dhar-directed, Vicky Kaushal-led Uri, poured their love for the country on WhatsApp. From family groups to larger ones on WhatsApp, several dialogues from Uri began doing the rounds.
Most of these were accompanied by the message: "We want Surgical Strike 2.0". February 14's Pulwama terror attack made Indians across WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram - Twitter too, to an extent - bay for the 'enemy's blood', a la the cast of Uri.
"Waqt aa gaya hai khoon ka badla khoon se lene ka," Vicky Kaushal's warcry resonated all across WhatsApp.
On February 26, India woke up to 'Surgical Strike 2.0'. As headlines shouted Indian Air Force's successful airstrikes on Jaish-e-Mohammed's terror camp in Balakot in Pakistan, social media had the dialogues from Uri to say "How's the josh" with.
"How's the Jaish?" The hashtag that went viral after the Pulwama terror attack on February 14, too was answered on Twitter: "Dead, sir."
The Indian Air Force's airstrikes were met with an outpouring of Josh on social media from Indians on Twitter. The Pakistan Defence handle's tweet added fuel to the already-high josh. At 12.06am on Tuesday night, the Twitter handle posted, "Sleep tight because PAF is awake." At 3.30am, India struck deep within Pakistan, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. By 10 in the morning on Tuesday, the sleep-tight tweet had gone viral. For all the wrong reasons: "Tweets we wish we hadn't put out but can't delete now."
The tweet that 'hasn't aged well'.
Indians on Twitter used memes, viral dialogues from Akshay Kumar films and photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to troll Pakistan.
In September 2016, when India conducted the surgical strike on Pakistan as retaliation to the Uri attack, the entire country was taken by surprise. After Pulwama this year, however, a retaliation was quite expected. "Permission granted to forces to decide on time and place for future action against terrorists," Prime Minister Modi said on February 15, the day after the Pulwama attack.
Uri dialogues took over Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook after Indian Air Force's airstrike in Pakistan on February 26
When PM Modi said, "Our neighbours' intentions will be given a befitting reply by the people of India. All major world powers are standing with us and supporting us. The messages I have received show that they are not only sad, but they are also angry too. Everyone is in favour of ending terrorism," social media responded, "We want Surgical Strike 2.0."
On Tuesday morning, WhatsApp had only one thing to say: "How's the josh?"
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