The New York Times’ headline on a piece about Prime Minister Modi’s electoral prospects has earned it quite a bit of flak on social media. The headline described the Pulwama terror attack, which killed 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men, as an “explosion”. It said: “In India’s Election Season, an Explosion Interrupts Modi’s Slump”. Journalists and commentators on Twitter pointed out that the use of the word “explosion” belittles the gravity of the attack on India’s armed police force.