'Spread love, not hate.' Now AP Dhillon shows solidarity with Shubh, says musicians finding it tough to focus on their craft
Shubhneet Singh, popularly known as Shubh, has now found some support from fellow Indo-Canadian Amritpal Singh Dhillon, known professionally as AP Dhillon.
Dhillon, in solidarity, shared a somewhat cryptic, lengthy post on Instagram Story. In the post he wrote that «as an artist it has become almost impossible to stay focussed on your craft and do what you love,» in a subtle reference to the controversy that has engulfed his colleague Shubh in the wake of the Indo-Canada diplomatic row.
The 26-year-old Shubh made headlines after his India tour was scrapped by sponsor BoAT and ticketing platform BookMyShow following his alleged support to the Khalistan issue.
A few weeks ago Shubh had also shared a distorted map of India on his Instagram handle, which omitted the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and the Northeastern states.
A day after Shubh wrote an emotional post saying that he was proud of his Indian roots, Dhillon offered some support to his colleague. Urging people to «spread love and not hate», he went on to explain that he had consciously stayed away from social media.
«I try to stay out of all the social mania as it is clear to me that regardless of what I say or do, it is a lost cause… someone, somewhere is going to spin the narrative to their liking and create more division.
As an artist, it has become almost impossible to stay focussed on your craft and do what you love. I try to be mindful of everyone's sentiments, but it's gotten to a point where we have to second and triple guess our every move due to fear of unintentionally fuelling even more division,» the musician said on Instagram Story.
«Special interest and political groups constantly use our (artists') public image as a chess piece to
