Bollywood playback singer Shreya Ghoshal and Parag Agrawal, who was announced as Twitter's new head Tuesday, share a friendship that traces back to childhood. It took the ever-dependable Twitterati little time to dig out this connection following the explosive announcement from former CEO Jack Dorsey, who said he was stepping down from the top role.
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"Congrats @paraga. So proud of you!! Big day for us, celebrating this news," Ghoshal tweeted in response to Agrawal's thank you note to Dorsey on assuming the new position.
Netizens sleuthing around took this thread and pulled it back to a few tweets Agrawal sent to Ghoshal in the last decade. "@shreyaghoshal lambi drives pe tu hamesha yaad aati hai :) aur kya chal raha hai aajkal?" a tweet dated May 30, 2011 from Agrawal, screenshots of which are going viral, reads.
A memefest is rolling on the microblogging platform, with social media users poking fun at the interactions. While many have been taken aback at this lesser-known friendship, some are mischievously indicating a romantic link between Ghoshal and Agrawal.
Shreya Ghoshal later posted a tweet about the viral memefest and wrote, "Arre yaar tum log kitna bachpan ka tweets nikaal rahe ho! Twitter had just launched. 10 years pehle! We were kids! Dost ek dusre ko tweet nahi karte kya? Kya time pass chal raha hai yeh." What are you guys doing digging tweets from our childhood! Twitter had just launched 10 years ago and we were kids. Can't friends tweet each other? What is this this time pass you are doing?
Arre yaar tum log kitna bachpan ka tweets nikaal rahe ho! 😂 Twitter had just launched. 10 years pehle! We were kids! Dost ek dusre ko tweet nahi karte kya? Kya time pass chal raha hai yeh 😆
Shreya Ghoshal And Parag Agrawal's Friendship Raises Eyebrows: Much Ado About Nothing
Ghoshal, in an old tweet, has referred to Agrawal as a "bachpan ka dost." The two have many photos together, including with their respective spouses. One of these Agrawal posted on his Instagram profile in 2015 and seems to be from Ghoshal's wedding.
A little jesting, a little good fun is only expected and even enjoyable when world events spark memes and conversations. But jokes romantically linking two married adults (here, Ghoshal and Agrawal) can present a not-so-amusing sitch. As it happens, the reaction to the viral tweet elbow-nudging a relationship more than a friendship between the two has not been so tasteful, with netizens questioning the "character" of both.
So much so that the author of the tweet had to issue a clarification, urging people to not let the comments take an obscene turn. "Guys I know they're childhood friends and not necessarily he had a crush on her The caption's just in a fun way so would really appreciate if you don't take it quite literally, thank you," they wrote.
On a platform where nuanced exchanges are near absent, simple stories like that of Ghoshal and Agrawal being given an unverified arc can turn problematic. And since it is neither viable nor progressive to stop people from speaking their jokes and minds, the request can only be to walk with prudence when it comes to social media, since what comes here, stays forever.
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