New Delhi, April 29 -- Standup comedian Abhishek Upmanyu is facing backlash for his one-word reply on Twitter (now X) on April 28. The reason behind the social media outrage has a Pakistan connection.

Understand the chronology.

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, a Delhi-based commentator on defence issues, posted a parody poem. The Hindi poem, containing crude and sexually explicit language, spoke about a far-off village where prostitutes were cheap. The poem continues with a language intentionally provocative, using sexual slurs.

But, this is nothing new. To everyone who criticises his post, he has a standard reply, "Go f**k yourself."

A certain Miss Khwaja from Pakistan slammed the explicit poem. "Zero class. Abuses is not equal to humour. The who...