On June 12, 2025, Air India Flight AI171 crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad. Over 240 lives were lost. Entire families, children, students, crew members. People who had plans for the evening, Birthdays coming up, Vacations, Family gatherings, office meetings, everything just GONE!
There’s no sugarcoating this. It’s devastating. And while words will never be enough, I still want to say... I’m so sorry, To the families, to the friends, to anyone who’s sitting in silence, not knowing how to move forward. You are seen.
But grief doesn’t end there. Yesterday, Today, on Twitter (Now X), Instagram, wherever I went...What I saw online was almost as disturbing.
Footage of burning wreckage was uploaded before official confirmations. People crowded around the crash site, not to help, but to film. Close-ups of luggage and wreckage. A passport flapping in the wind. Headlines spun into viral posts, and Some turned it into clickbait blaming the Prime minister(Why is it these days we pin everything on Modi). Others slapped on trending audio and called it “awareness.” And yes, there were memes too. Apparently, nothing is off-limits anymore. And yes, I know I shouldn't have taken his name, but that is what I saw happening! Everything is either turned against him even if the matter is about human decency or civic sense or disasters... Natural or man-made. Logic is Dead to us humans and humanity we never possessed! It's so hypocritical of humans to name something so pure after ourselves but never truly comprehend its true definition. We are IDIOTS! And inhumane!
Anyway, This is the world we’ve created. Where tragedy isn’t mourned, it’s consumed. Where being first to post is more important than being human.
Let that sink in.
This isn’t just a question of ethics. It’s a question of identity. Who are we becoming, if our first instinct in the face of death is to document it, stylise it, and turn it into views?
We talk about AI safety, politics, political and international relations, cooperation and summits and shit. GREAT!. Let’s also talk about decency and humanity. Let’s talk about digital empathy. About choosing not to post every damn thing we see. About respecting the dead even if they’re strangers.
Let’s choose to be better. Not just online, but offline, too, obviously!
To everyone we lost on AI171... May you rest in peace.
To everyone reading... May this be your wake-up call to humanity!
