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		noneeeed on May 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writer and musician Ali Sethi has created an uncon... True, but in the context of the populations of India and Pakistan (about 1.38 billion and 220 million respectively), 100m views is not that many. Although I assume people are listening to it through other means too?

lagolinguini on May 9, 2022 [–]

It's also important to understand that less than half of India speaks hindi/urdu as a native language, and less than a 10th of the country speaks/understands punjabi (which this song is in). There are more speakers of Punjabi in Pakistan than there are in India.

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