“It’s A Crying Shame That ‘The Butcher Of Bengal’ Has A Road Named After Him In Kolkata” is the title of a story on the most prominent right-wing portal Swarajya….
No, Hamid Ansari’s budget was not six times that of the President
“OMG Vice President’s budget is six times that of the President.” or “Vice President spent seven times more than the Prime Minister on foreign travel“, you must have heard statements…
BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra defames former Vice President Hamid Ansari
A huge storm of outrage erupted when former VP Hamid Ansari stated that there’s a sense of unease among Muslims in an interview. What followed was a virulent right-wing troll…
Malicious attempts to portray K.R. Narayanan, India’s first Dalit president, as a Christian
In their eagerness to project President Kovind as India’s first Dalit president, fake news sites and even sections of media did not spare late president, K.R. Narayanan. “Shocking! K.R. Narayanan…
How BJP IT Cell’s smear machine works: A personal story
Having written for international publications for nearly two decades — first as a journalist and then as a columnist — by now I’ve grown used to the usual charges flung by some of those…
Is Modi Govt the most trusted in the world as claimed by Indian media?
Yet again, multiple Indian media organisations have made a claim based on statistics which they did not bother to verify or read the fine print. “Narendra Modi’s Govt is most…
Unmasked! Attempts to discredit the driver of the terror-struck bus with Amarnath yatris
“God gave me strength to keep moving, and I just did not stop. The firing went on and on, so I didn’t stop. I kept driving.” Sheikh Saleem Gafoor, emerged…
Times Now runs a prime time story based on a 7 year old photoshopped image
“In this hub of ISIS activity, young Hindus are being radicalized, they might be saying that there is nothing untoward happening there but we can confirm that young Hindus are…
Did Ram Nath Kovind say “Islam and Christianity are alien to the nation”?
In 2010, BJP’s presidential candidate, Ram Nath Kovind, who was then a BJP spokesperson, reportedly made a statement: “Islam and Christianity are alien to the nation”. Seven years later, there…
Home Ministry annual report uses picture of Spain-Morocco border to show Indian border floodlighting
The headline was striking, the picture was spectacular and the achievement was presented as incredible. “मोदी सरकार ने बॉर्डर पर जो काम किया है वो देखोगे तो गर्व भी होगा…