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Image from old satirical article shared as anti-Modi conclave schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image is currently circulating on social media with the claim that an \u2018Idea of India Conclave\u2019 to be held in New Delhi has lined up prominent speakers, most with a Left lineage, to discuss &#8216;anti-Modi&#8217; topics.\u00a0Among those who have shared it is Twitter user Satish Choubey with the caption:<em>&#8220;\u0939\u0930\u093e\u092e\u091c\u093e\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u0947\u092e\u093f\u0928\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092c\u091c\u0947\u0915\u094d\u091f \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u092e\u0940\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938 \u0939\u0926 \u0924\u0915 \u0917\u093f\u0930 \u0917\u092f\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 &#8220;(See the subject of Hara*****\u2019s seminar and to what extent these bast**** have fallen- translated)<\/em>. Choubey is followed on Twitter by Union Minister Piyush Goyal&#8217;s Office&#8217;s Twitter account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0939\u0930\u093e\u092e\u091c\u093e\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u0947\u092e\u093f\u0928\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092c\u091c\u0947\u0915\u094d\u091f \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u092f\u0947<br \/>\n\u0915\u092e\u0940\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938 \u0939\u0926 \u0924\u0915 \u0917\u093f\u0930 \u0917\u092f\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N6F0sszxor\">pic.twitter.com\/N6F0sszxor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0938\u0924\u0940\u0936 \u091a\u094c\u092c\u0947 (@satishchoubey7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/satishchoubey7\/status\/1002074601923399680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The text of the image reeks of sarcasm. It claims that the seminar will begin with lighting of the lamp by the niece of Indian communist revolutionary Charu Majumdar, followed by invocation of &#8216;Vande Marxism by a group of 45-year-old JNU graduates.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Topics such as &#8216;Modi &#8211; A Threat to the Idea of India&#8217; and &#8216;Modi &#8211; Evil that Lights a Million Fires&#8217; would be discussed during the day-long seminar, according to the itinerary in the image. It also mentions names of Barkha Dutt, Yogendra Yadav, Arundhati Roy, Rajdeep Sardesai, Kavita Krishnan, Kumar Ketkar and Kashmiri separatists Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Yasin Malik and Syed Ali Shah Geelani among others as speakers. The image has been shared by social media users on Twitter and Facebook, mostly by right-wing accounts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13845\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/idea-of-india-collage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/idea-of-india-collage.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/idea-of-india-collage-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/idea-of-india-collage-768x723.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/idea-of-india-collage-696x655.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/idea-of-india-collage-446x420.jpg 446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Image actually from 2014, published by <em>Newslaundry <\/em>in a satirical opinion piece<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em>Alt News <\/em>did a reverse Google image search and found that the picture was shared on <em>Reddit <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/india\/comments\/2en32i\/an_artists_illustration_of_idea_of_india_conclave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three years ago<\/a>. Going through the comments section of the post redirected us to the original source of the image, which\u00a0is part of a sardonic piece written by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aranganathan72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anand Ranganathan<\/a> for <em>Newslaundry. <\/em>It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newslaundry.com\/2014\/08\/26\/madhu-kishwars-doodles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> on August 26, 2014.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13829\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/NLconclave.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"877\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/NLconclave.jpg 877w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/NLconclave-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/NLconclave-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/NLconclave-696x417.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/NLconclave-702x420.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The image created by Ranganathan was simply meant to be a joke. <em>\u201cYou need to attend the Idea of India conclave and find out what these left-wing anti-BJP intellectuals are thinking \u2013 what are their plans for the future, so on and so forth,\u201d <\/em>reads a passage from the article.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13830\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/nlconclave2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/nlconclave2.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/nlconclave2-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/06\/nlconclave2-501x420.jpg 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the satirical intention and the consequent absurdness of the write-up, there are enough clues in the image to betray its falseness.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, there is no date mentioned as to when the seminar will be held. In the original image from the article, the date is mentioned as August 25, 2014 on the top. However in the image being circulated now, the date is absent.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, it includes the name of former <em>Tehelka <\/em>editor Tarun Tejpal as one of the speakers and has \u201c(via video link)\u201d written adjacent to his name. Tejpal was in jail on accusations of sexual assault at the time Ranganathan wrote the article. Perhaps, this is why he jocularly included \u201cvia video link\u201d in the text.<\/p>\n<p>Thirdly, the picture also includes the name of former <em>Times of India <\/em>editor Dileep Padgaonkar as one of the speakers. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/pune\/Former-TOI-editior-Dileep-Padgaonkar-no-more\/articleshow\/55619445.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Padgaonkar is no more<\/a>. He passed away in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>However, the ludicrousness of the idea and obvious markers in the image did not prevent some from believing it to be true and sharing it on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Barkha Dutt who&#8217;s been listed as one of the participants of the conclave in the satirical post also tweeted the image terming it fake.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/free_thinker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@free_thinker<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boomlive_in?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@boomlive_in<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMHoaxSlayer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SMHoaxSlayer<\/a> &#8211; fake news alert. Look at the photo shopped crap being spread by loony right . Thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dDPoYVaqLO\">pic.twitter.com\/dDPoYVaqLO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 barkha dutt (@BDUTT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BDUTT\/status\/1003531802424807425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The volume and content of fake news under circulation in recent times has made it difficult to sift untruth from truth, and sometimes even sarcasm from seriousness.\u00a0Any information shared on social media, no matter how seemingly benign, thus ought to be met with a healthy dose of scepticism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image is currently circulating on social media with the claim that an \u2018Idea of India Conclave\u2019 to be held in New Delhi has lined up prominent speakers, most with a Left lineage, to discuss &#8216;anti-Modi&#8217; topics.\u00a0Among those who have shared it is Twitter user Satish Choubey with the caption:&#8220;\u0939\u0930\u093e\u092e\u091c\u093e\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u0947\u092e\u093f\u0928\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092c\u091c\u0947\u0915\u094d\u091f \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u092f\u0947 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":13857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[146,143,142,145,144],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-13806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-anti-modi","tag-arundhati-roy","tag-bharkha-dutt","tag-idea-of-india-conclave","tag-tarun-tejpal","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why so serious? 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