{"id":84307,"date":"2021-01-13T21:09:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=84307"},"modified":"2021-01-13T21:45:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:15:09","slug":"woman-placard-morphed-to-read-will-disrobe-but-not-show-documents-for-nrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/woman-placard-morphed-to-read-will-disrobe-but-not-show-documents-for-nrc\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman&#8217;s placard morphed to read &#8216;will disrobe but not show documents&#8217; for NRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a young woman displaying a placard that allegedly reads in Bengali, &#8220;I will take off my saree and clothes but will not produce documents. NONRCCAANPR,&#8221; has been shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p>[Translated from: \u09b6\u09be\u09dc\u09bf \u0995\u09be\u09aa\u09dc \u0996\u09c1\u09b2\u09c7 \u09a6\u09c7\u09ac\u09cb \u09a4\u09be\u0993 Dpcoments \u09a6\u09c7\u09ac\u09cb \u09a8\u09be, NONRCCAANPR]<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user Abhijit Basak who identifies as IT cell in-charge of BJP North Kolkata <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abhbasak\/status\/1348172928869916672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted the photograph<\/a> and questioned, &#8220;Are they so afraid because they are illegitimate children of illegal fathers?&#8221; The rest of the tweet targets people following a Leftist ideology.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84308 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/b6fb169a-9eae-4c4e-966e-16a54a89a5bb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/b6fb169a-9eae-4c4e-966e-16a54a89a5bb.jpg 439w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/b6fb169a-9eae-4c4e-966e-16a54a89a5bb-164x300.jpg 164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The image has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=documents%20nonrccaanpr&amp;f=AborZbKsifOi--uPJIpwdOdOjUUkqVidjkmUfEwStBml3zlmImjTSulIVsR2mVmudygCRu7qJnB63-WVmcMWxJ05meAxMF4FgU2rVVHHf9H_4XA2Wi4HvRfvNWC0z_VLwLriPaj1fwi-YSNchCK52-Bx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84327 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/bbc10b46-3d9f-4386-9b82-c83bdd40bf0d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/bbc10b46-3d9f-4386-9b82-c83bdd40bf0d.jpg 669w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/bbc10b46-3d9f-4386-9b82-c83bdd40bf0d-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Morphed image<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News reverse-searched the image on Google with the keywords &#8216;documents nonrccaanpr&#8217; and was led to the Facebook page of Kolkata Pride. Upon rummaging through the photos uploaded by the page, we found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kolkatapride\/photos\/a.101701084631553\/133718754763119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another photo<\/a> where the same woman is holding a similar placard. One of the comments had tagged one Dipanwita Paul.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kolkatapride\/posts\/133718974763097\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kolkatapride\/posts\/133718974763097\"><p>Laws like the CAA and the Trans Act 2019 are fundamentally anti-human and undemocratic. For many who have wondered why&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kolkatapride\/\">Kolkata Pride<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kolkatapride\/posts\/133718974763097\">Tuesday, 7 January 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Paul had shared the original image on January 10, 2020. She clarified in a post that her image was morphed. She shared both the morphed and original image in her post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dipanwita.paul.735\/posts\/2792844800929673\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dipanwita.paul.735\/posts\/2792844800929673\"><p>\u0986\u09b8\u09b2\u09c7 \u09a7\u09b0\u09cd\u09b7\u0995\u09c7\u09b0 \u099a\u09cb\u0996 \u09a4\u09cb, \u09b8\u09cd\u09ac\u09be\u09ad\u09be\u09ac\u09bf\u0995\u09ad\u09be\u09ac\u09c7\u0987 &#8220;\u09a8\u09be&#8221; \u0995\u09c7 &#8220;\u09b9\u09cd\u09af\u09be\u0981&#8221; \u09a6\u09c7\u0996\u09c7\u099b\u09c7\u0964 \u09ad\u09be\u09b0\u09a4\u09c7 CAA-NRC-NPR \u09ac\u09bf\u09b0\u09cb\u09a7\u09c0 \u0986\u09a8\u09cd\u09a6\u09cb\u09b2\u09a8\u09c7\u09b0 \u0985\u09a8\u09c7\u0995 \u0986\u0997\u09c7 \u09a5\u09c7\u0995\u09c7\u0987 \u098f\u09a6\u09c7\u09b6\u09c7\u09b0&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dipanwita.paul.735\">Dipanwita Paul<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dipanwita.paul.735\/posts\/2792844800929673\">Sunday, 10 January 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The phrase &#8216;\u0996\u09c1\u09b2\u09ac\u09cb \u09a8\u09be (will not take off)&#8217; has been morphed to &#8216;\u0996\u09c1\u09b2\u09c7 \u09a6\u09c7\u09ac\u09cb (will take off)&#8217; and the image has been cropped to remove &#8216;NOTGBILL&#8217; which is a reference to the Transgender Persons\u2019 (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 which was passed in the parliament in November 2019. The part which has been morphed is highlighted in green below. As evident, while the placard is handwritten, the morphed text is digital.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84337 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/609013d3-fbed-49d6-a124-edb8fa14d53e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"891\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/609013d3-fbed-49d6-a124-edb8fa14d53e.jpg 891w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/609013d3-fbed-49d6-a124-edb8fa14d53e-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/609013d3-fbed-49d6-a124-edb8fa14d53e-768x776.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A photograph of a woman holding a placard against the CItizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the Transgender Rights Bill was therefore morphed to portray that the placard read, &#8220;Will take off my clothes and saree but not show documents&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a young woman displaying a placard that allegedly reads in Bengali, &#8220;I will take off my saree and clothes but will not produce documents. NONRCCAANPR,&#8221; has been shared on social media. [Translated from: \u09b6\u09be\u09dc\u09bf \u0995\u09be\u09aa\u09dc \u0996\u09c1\u09b2\u09c7 \u09a6\u09c7\u09ac\u09cb \u09a4\u09be\u0993 Dpcoments \u09a6\u09c7\u09ac\u09cb \u09a8\u09be, NONRCCAANPR] Twitter user Abhijit Basak who identifies as IT cell in-charge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":84339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-84307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/Untitled-design-2021-01-13T210745.113.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84307"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84343,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84307\/revisions\/84343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84307"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=84307"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=84307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}