If Dharma Needed Wi-Fi
If you opened your phone this morning and saw trending hashtags like #PandavaPropaganda or #KauravaClout, don’t be surprised.
Because if the Mahabharat were to happen today, it wouldn’t be in the forests of exile or on the bloodied sands of Kurukshetra.
It would unfold in your notifications.
The weapon? Virality.
Let’s not ask if it could happen.
Let’s ask how far it already has.
Act I: Draupadi’s Dignity and the Digital Mob
Draupadi doesn’t wait for a sabha to strip her dignity.
It happens in pixels. In silence. In “seen” messages and ignored reports.
She posts a thread:
“I was gambled away. But it wasn’t the dice that hurt — it was the laughter.”
Twitter explodes. Instagram makes reels.
LinkedIn remains silent.
#ShameSabha trends.
But by morning, the internet has moved on to memes of Bhim eating laddoos.
Act II: Krishna — Algorithm Whisperer or Divine Influencer?
Krishna doesn’t draw a Sudarshan Chakra.
He drops threads.
“Every battle begins inside. Win that — the rest is commentary.”
He’s not God on Insta. He’s @cosmicstrategy, with 9.7M followers.
He replies to Arjuna’s nervous breakdown in DMs:
“Your doubt is valid. But your silence will cost lives.”
Arjuna leaves him on read for 3 hours. Then goes Live.
Act III: Karna, the Cancelled Son
Karna starts a Substack titled “Son of Nobody.”
His pinned post reads:
“Born to be broken. Raised to be fire.”
He speaks of abandonment, classism, and loyalty to the wrong people.
People love him — until old DMs surface.
Hashtag: #KarnaGate
Accusation: “He had privilege and still chose bitterness.”
He vanishes from the feed.
But his final post is just a mic-drop:
“Even the sun casts shadows.”
Act IV: Kurukshetra Livestream – Filtered by AI
The war isn’t fought with bows.
It’s streamed with 4K drones and AI-generated battle analytics.
Viewers pick sides using reaction buttons:
- ❤️ for Pandavas
- 🔥 for Kauravas
- 🧠 for Krishna
- 😡 for “Stop this war”
TikTok edits glamorize Abhimanyu’s death.
No one discusses ethics. Just angles.
Act V: Dharma in an Echo Chamber
Yudhishthira posts a carousel:
“5 Truths About Dharma You Never Knew”
People swipe, nod, comment “so deep,” and move on.
But the comment section gets ugly.
Bhishma’s old podcast surfaces — one where he justifies silence.
A Reddit thread reads:
“Is dharma even real, or just elite PR?”
The question is never answered.
Because in this version of Mahabharat, clout eats clarity.
Mahabharat Wasn’t About War. It Was a Mirror.
In 2025, we don’t need a battlefield.
We need a browser.
Because the real war today is between content and conscience.
And maybe Krishna wouldn’t speak in verses.
He’d just post:
“Dharma doesn’t trend. It survives.”
