

{"id":142419,"date":"2023-01-07T19:28:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T13:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=142419"},"modified":"2023-01-07T19:28:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T13:58:19","slug":"viral-photo-of-children-in-torn-clothes-studying-in-makeshift-classroom-not-from-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-photo-of-children-in-torn-clothes-studying-in-makeshift-classroom-not-from-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral photo of children in torn clothes studying in makeshift classroom not from India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image of children studying in what appears to be a makeshift classroom is shared on social media with the claim that it is from India.<\/p>\n<p>Samajwadi Party leader IP Singh shared the viral image along with the text &#8216;Prime Minister, what kind of India are you building where children do not even have clothes to cover their bodies? #AtmanirbharBharat&#8217;. In this tweet, Singh seems to be questioning the progress made by the central government on the path of a <a href=\"https:\/\/aatmanirbharbharat.mygov.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">much-advertised self-reliant India<\/a>. This tweet gained over 40,000 views and about 170 retweets before it was deleted.<\/p>\n<p>[Translated from \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0906\u092a \u0915\u0948\u0938\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0917\u0922\u093c \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u091c\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0924\u0928 \u0922\u0915\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u092a\u095c\u0947 \u0924\u0915 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938\u0964<br \/>\n#\u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0928\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092d\u0930_\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-142421 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.05.57-708x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.05.57-708x1024.jpg 708w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.05.57-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.05.57-768x1110.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.05.57.jpg 1010w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Punit Yadav, who appears to be a student leader affiliated to the Samajwadi Party from his Twitter bio, also shared this image along with the same text. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/tt5Dr\">Archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0906\u092a \u0915\u0948\u0938\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0917\u0922\u093c \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u091c\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0924\u0928 \u0922\u0915\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u092a\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u0924\u0915 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938\u0964<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0928\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092d\u0930_\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5aPZoAf9vN\">pic.twitter.com\/5aPZoAf9vN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u092a\u0941\u0928\u0940\u0924 \u092f\u093e\u0926\u0935 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u091c\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940 (@punityadav_sp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/punityadav_sp\/status\/1611186432676335616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It was also shared by Y Sathish Reddy, chairman of Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation and member of Bharat Rashtra Samithi. He deleted the tweet after it gained close to 4,000 views after over 200 retweets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-142423 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.16.07-950x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.16.07-950x1024.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.16.07-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.16.07-768x827.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.16.07.jpg 956w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Multiple Facebook users share the screenshot of Singh on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-142424 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.17.21-1024x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.17.21-1024x520.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.17.21-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.17.21-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.17.21.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>Using reverse image search, we found that the viral image was first published by the Cambodia-based daily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postkhmer.com\/%E1%9E%96%E1%9F%90%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%8C%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%93%E1%9E%87%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%B7\/%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%8A%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8B%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%97%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%94%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9B%E1%9E%93%E1%9E%B9%E1%9E%84%E1%9E%95%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%9B%E1%9F%8B%E1%9E%A2%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%A0%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%BC%E1%9E%94%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%8E%E1%9F%8D%E1%9E%8A%E1%9E%9B%E1%9F%8B%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%9F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%80%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%80%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%96%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%90%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%93%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%80%E1%9F%8B%E1%9E%91%E1%9E%B8%E1%9F%A1%E1%9E%8A%E1%9E%9B%E1%9F%8B%E1%9E%90%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%93%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%80%E1%9F%8B%E1%9E%91%E1%9E%B8%E1%9F%A1%E1%9F%A2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Phnom Penh Post<\/a> in 2015. As per the caption, the image has been sourced from a Facebook post. The screenshot was taken after enabling translation on the browser. The image in this article and the viral image are shot from different angles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-142429 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.54.39-1024x837.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.54.39-1024x837.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.54.39-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.54.39-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.54.39-1536x1255.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.54.39.jpg 1882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also found another website\/blog which said that the image was from Cambodia. It was also published in <a href=\"https:\/\/broshot.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/school-at-kraty-province.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015.<\/a> The blog has multiple images of the same children \u2014 including the <a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xOc0kmi8tfc\/VRGC29v0ZLI\/AAAAAAAAKBc\/bP2zc8orRn8\/s1600\/10997715_643197002480223_8866758537552125295_n.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viral image in question<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-142431 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.58.27-1024x789.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.58.27-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.58.27-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.58.27-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.58.27-1536x1183.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-14.58.27-2048x1577.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More recently, in 2020, the image was viral in Indonesia. The claim falsely targeted the government in question around Indonesian Independence Day. It was debunked by International Fact-Checking Network signatory <a href=\"https:\/\/cekfakta.com\/focus\/4722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cek Fakta<\/a>. In addition to The Phnom Penh Post, they cited a portal called Migrant Today. The latter is no longer accessible. Even the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151001035315\/http:\/\/www.migrant.today\/kambodzha-bednost-ne-prichina-chtoby-ne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archived link doesn&#8217;t load the image<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-142444 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-15.46.01-1024x456.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-15.46.01-1024x456.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-15.46.01-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-15.46.01-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-15.46.01-1536x683.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-07-at-15.46.01-2048x911.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, based on the information available on the internet, it can be confirmed that the image is not from India. Multiple media reports suggest that it might be from Cambodia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image of children studying in what appears to be a makeshift classroom is shared on social media with the claim that it is from India. Samajwadi Party leader IP Singh shared the viral image along with the text &#8216;Prime Minister, what kind of India are you building where children do not even have clothes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":142441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-142419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","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>Viral photo of children in torn clothes studying in makeshift classroom not from India - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Viral photo of children in torn clothes studying in makeshift classroom not from India - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An image of children studying in what appears to be a makeshift classroom is shared on social media with the claim that it is from India. 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