Mumbai, Sept. 13 -- Ever scrolled past Kathmandu foodtruck reels and suddenly been punched in the gut by a 7-second TikTok: a gun-shot ring-tone, a cloud of tear-gas, a Straw-Hat Pirate flag fluttering over Singha Durbar?

One swipe you're laughing at momo memes; the next, your FYP ("For You Page"-the personalised, algorithm-curated feed) orders you to "keep watching-evidence of live rounds," and the only thing louder than the screams is the algorithmic bass-drop hammering your phone.

Feels like the city just snapped, right? What if it didn't?

What if that "spontaneous" surge is actually a rehearsed routine-coded in a Discord room at 3 a.m., clock-synced to a 5,000-strong Signal flashmob, and drop-shipped onto TikTok's For-You feed the ...