Bala's Answer
It's fashionable to show 'solidarity' with white people. Not so much with Indian soldiers.
It's ass licking slave mentality that many non white people display without even being conscious of it, especially Indians.
It is why Indian English news readers can pronounce twisted French names that sound nowhere near how they are written in English perfectly in French, but have a hard time pronouncing "Chidambaram" or "Venkataraman".
Besides, a lot of white people are bound to be showing solidarity with the French anyway, and they are big in pop culture and the internet. So, our jackasses follow them a whole lot more.
Same reason why many Indian morons put their hands on their breasts during the Indian national anthem.
Whatever's fashionable!
