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When COVID was just starting to appear in Indian news, WhatsApp unkils were running amok. This is a screenshot from that era. Posted by u/deadbroccoli

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pmcares.fund was available, so u/maxmess bought the domain and made a satirical modi-themed chrome-like dinosaur game in it. This is by far the cleverest act of dissent we have witnessed on r/India, in 2020.

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zomg1!! is this a recap thread?!/

WhiteHatJr filed a 20 CRORE defamation case against Pradeep Poonia (u/pooniahigh). Prior to the lawsuit what Pradeep has been been through can only be described as digital persecution.

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When the "Lo-Fi Girl" trend was taking over r/Europe, we go to see what an Indian lo-fi girl might look like. Art by u/animesh_sensei

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While protests against CAA-NPR-NRC were raging across India, u/onosmosis was collecting data on how IT cells operate. He published his findings here -- notion.so/Welcome-to-Urb…

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2020 was the year when r/India found out that Bata is not an Indian company

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At the height of #BLM protests in the US (and around the world), when performative wokeness was the flavor of the season, u/gigibuffoon reminded us that we Indians, do not possess the moral high ground to criticize racism in any other country.

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Remember social distancing? And so many takes about the pandemic! So f**king many takes! The Hindu created this ad urging people to maintain social distancing.

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The supremely talented and much beloved Irrfan Khan passed away at 54.
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Hindi film actor Sushant Singh Rajput died by suicide. Middle class Indians woke up to the realization that mental health is a serious concern. Except they didn't and the shit-show that followed (because Bihar was going into an election)

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The #SpiritOfMumbai was tested, again. The hash-tag trended on social media, again. Till next year.

Photo by @sachin_haralkar

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u/SisyphusIsNotAMyth conducted an empirical analysis of ten rupees chips packets from Lays, Bingo and Haldiram.
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2020 challenged us. It challenged us in ways that most of us had not anticipated. Thankfully we held on to some things that make us, us. /s

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He warned us. We deported him. German exchange Student at IIT Madras in an anti-CAA-NRC protest.

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The pandemic brought out the worst in us. Two NE students in Karnataka were not allowed to enter store to buy groceries.

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In the midst of a pandemic (and socio-economic crisis in India), the Chinese govt decided to escalate tensions in our northern borders. Some of us decided to respond in the only way we know. #ChinaGetOut sponsored by Vivo.
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The pandemic brought out the funny in us.
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The pandemic brought out the best in us.
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Students realized why politics is important. Little too late, but they realized the nonetheless. Art by @penpencildraw
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Protests were widespread and women were at the forefront. The following is an example of a "pro-gamer move"

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There have always been cracks on the facade of Vikas. The cracks became a little too hard to miss in 2020. Some people chose to remain oblivious. Others got the stick. At least some stick figures stood up for them. Art by @sanitarypanels

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u/vandit-jain demonstrated how small ₹10 lays have gotten (hand for scale) and that he should probably cut his nails more often.

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u/dankRatBat from Bengaluru woke up in the morning of January 1st and posted the view out of their window. Superpower-2020 prediction had indeed come true.

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2020 wasn't just endless stories of despair. 2020 also brought us hope. There were voices that could no longer be ignored or suppressed, no matter how hard *they* tried, and try they did! Photo from on going Farmers' Protests.

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Before the pandemic shut down air travel, u/aradhya23 posted this -- "When I was small, my parents used to tell me how it is their dream to make my grandparents fly in an airplane; after 27 years of patience and hard work the moment finally came."
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People queuing up in Kozhikode Medical College Blood Bank to donate blood for the victims of the plane crash at midnight despite the heavy rain.

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u/Medhavi321 posted this artwork after the dark incidents of Hathras. I have nothing to add as a comment.
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We are on our way to become Vishwaguru. Truly.

Protest against Adani coal mine in India-Australia cricket match.

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Cartoonists were scathing and r/India prominently and regularly featured works of @satishacharya @sanitarypanels @ButtsirComics @pencilashan @penpencildraw @ShakyLines @mirsuhail @thetoonguy @caricatured @Lord_VoldeMaut @vchitra_in @CartoonistSan and many more!

Protest placard in Azad Maidan Mumbai
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'Data is the new oil, new gold,' said PM Modi in Houston. His govt. however had no data on things that mattered. Art by @RemyFernandes15
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The trend of blaming everything on Nehru continued. Art by @bob_almost and @Bobby_almost

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"I'm f**kin Zazu and anything that comes out of this beak is a Disney Fact."

Art by u/amnruti

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In 2020 Hindutva found yet another suitable propaganda. Art by @smishdesigns

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We hosted some great AMAs on r/India. Here is a selected list --

AMA with Pratik Sinha (@free_thinker), co-founder of @AltNews

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AMA with Dr. Roshan Radhakrishnan (@pythoroshan)

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AMA with Nakul Singh Sawhney (@nakulssawhney), independent documentary filmmaker and co-founder of ChalChitra Abhiyaan (@ChalchitraAbhi)

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AMA with comedian, actor Vir Das (@thevirdas)

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AMA with Arushi Garg (@arushigarg90) and Riya Singh (@Dalit_Swag) on the topic of criminal reforms in India

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u/the_sneaky_artist (@SneakyArt) shared some amazing art with us. Left - Stories of migrant workers (based on article by @sharmasupriya). Right - Anti-CAA-NRC protests in Chicago.

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u/vpsj (@vpsjdon) shared some amazing astrophotography. L - the first ever Moon shot he took back in 2014.
R - in 2020; he combined 1012 exposures of the First Quarter Moon using a technique called Stacking. Both images were taken with the exact same gear
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Huge, massive, gigantic shout-out to u/InternetFreedomIn (@internetfreedom) for their constant efforts towards protecting our digital rights! Please go through the reddit threads posted by them in the link below. Each thread is important.

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Support their work by donating.

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In the middle of all this there was an annular solar eclipse (photo by u/Jetlite) and visit from a comet (photo by u/KrishnaForever)

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The Art/Photography category deserves a whole new twitter thread! There are just so many great posts!

Will continue this thread in the evening/night

Haha didn't say which day 🏃‍♂️