A still photo of a lifeless child on water in a coastal beach in Bodrum, Turkey, ignited the social media that the vicious war in Syria, from whence the boy hailed, had failed.

The boy, Alan Kurdi, a two-year-old son of a refugee, drowned and perished in the Mediterranean Sea along with his older brother and mother, who were crossing the sea to reach Kos in Greece when the boat capsized. The family was on a clandestine journey in the hope of getting to Canada for a better life.

The picture of the dead boy created strong waves in the social media, and the European governments were forced to rethink on their hardening position to the surging refugee migration.

From Crips gang to the arms of a billionaire’s daughter, this is a stuff of legend that Jeremy Meeks passed through. After his arrest for violent crimes, the police posted his mug shot in Facebook, which instantly earned him world-wide attention as a ‘hot felon’ for his good looks. It also landed him a lucrative modelling offer after his release from prison in 2016.

The power of the social media, in this case, Facebook, has brought model Meeks to the fandom in distant Nepal, too. It also goes on to prove the Nepali belief that whatever God does, He does for better. Had Meeks not been arrested, he could have been dead in a gang war.

From the tragic Kurdi to model Meek, we move on to the remarkable, incredulous story of Ranu Mondal, who busked for a living at a railway station in eastern India. A commuter uploaded her video in a social platform that helped her transition as an exciting, fresh singer in Bollywood at the age of 60.

Ranu’s life is no less shocking than that of Goma of Swasthani mythology. When we were young, we read Swasthani with awe. As we started growing up, we pooh-pooh the story as trash. And as we aged further, we tried to take a peep into the mind of the writer as to what message he was trying to convey with the story that seems to make no logic. After Ranu’s transformation, we now know that he was trying to stress the uncertainties of life. Goma’s turning a queen mother late in her life is no different from Ranu’s rise from the dark places in India’s station.

Ranu needs to be thankful to the social media that catapulted her to stardom. Of course, she needs to thank the Good Samaritan, her guardian angel, who uploaded her divine talent on social media.