{"id":80224,"date":"2020-11-13T21:40:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T16:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=80224"},"modified":"2020-11-13T21:40:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T16:10:44","slug":"image-morphed-to-show-us-vp-elect-kamala-harris-wearing-saree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/image-morphed-to-show-us-vp-elect-kamala-harris-wearing-saree\/","title":{"rendered":"Image morphed to show US VP-elect Kamala Harris wearing saree"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 12, BJP MP Satya Pal Singh posted an image of US Vice President-elect Kamal Harris in a saree and later deleted it. He wrote, “America’s Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, the one who learnt about mother India’s heritage from her mother. This seven-year-old image of her at a Ganesh temple in Chennai speaks a lot.” The tweet’s archive can be viewed here<\/a>. As of writing this report, we found one instance each on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> where the image was shared with the same claim.<\/p>\n

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On November 8, Principal Secy & CEO TN Tea Federation Supriya Sahu tweeted this image and wrote, “Kamala Harris. You are a trailblazer. Celebrations galore.” (archived link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2014 Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) November 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

MORPHED IMAGE<\/h4>\n

Alt News performed a reverse image on Google and came across an identical image that shows a different woman wearing the same saree. It was posted in 2017 by Fashion Lady<\/a>, a lifestyle website, in an article about various types of saree drapes. In 2018, the image was also published by Bollywood Shaadis<\/a>. As per the articles, the image shows Madisaru style, a traditional saree drape prevalent in Chennai, where lower half is draped like a dhoti while the upper half looks like a saree.<\/p>\n

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The image below compares the viral image and the photo published on Fashion Lady. Kamala Harris’s face has been morphed into the original image.<\/p>\n

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The picture used for the photoshop was picked up from an article in The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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As per her website in the Senate, Harris has African-American and South Asian-American heritage. Her mother, Shyamala is an Indian-American immigrant, activist, and breast cancer researcher. As per The Hindu<\/a>, Harris’s maternal family has roots in Chennai. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Thus an image from an Indian lifestyle website was morphed to portray US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in a blue saree. On November 12, BJP MP Satya Pal Singh posted the image and falsely claimed that it is a seven-year-old image from a Ganesh Temple in Chennai. Singh deleted the post after it gained over 200 likes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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