WhatsApp rumour

Then and now, a conservative Hindutva organisation had a role in spreading rumours. Representational image. | Image Courtesy: Deccan Herald   Yad ihasti tad anyatra, yan nehasti na tat kavcit. ‘Whatever is here might be elsewhere, but what is not here could ever be found’.—The Mahabharata, 1.56.33, from Meera Nanda’s The God Market: How Globalisation is Making India More Hindu, Random … Continue reading Weaponising Idiocy: Milk-Drinking Ganesha to Taali Bajao →

A WhatsApp-sponsored report, prepared in partnership with Queen Mary University, has raised the alarm that the 2019 elections in India, which already has cleavages on lines of caste, race, gender, religion, would be a fertile ground for damaging fake news. There was a time when ‘Good Morning’ messages were causing much “pain” to internet giants? … Continue reading ‘Patriotism’ Made Easy in Times of ‘WhatsApp Elections’ →