Rebuff from Nepal
On 3 May, #GoHomeIndianMedia became one of the top trending hashtags on Twitter. Apparently this began after Sunita Shakya, a non-resident Nepali, wrote a blog post for CNN on 1 May called “Letter To Indian Media” pointing out Indian TV channels’ insensitive reporting from Nepal in the aftermath of the earthquake. Later many other Nepalis as well as Indians expressed similar sentiments. “We neighbours have watched Indian TV askance, for competitive jingoism in reportage & talk shows,” tweeted Kanak Mani Dixit on 3 May. “This explains much of #GoHomeIndianMedia.”