It often happens that one focuses more on what he sees rather than what is going on around him but the real stories lie in the things happening around us.
The same thing is happening with the "Boycott India Campaign," which is being carried out in a vicious manner
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On the surface, the #BoycottIndianProducts appears to be a reaction from Arab world to the ongoing disputes in India. When we took a closer look, we saw that this is a much wider game, and the participants are almost identical to those behind the #BoycottFrenchProducts.
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And also, this was not the first time when these players have tried to run a campaign against India, in fact they have been running the #BoycottIndia campaign for long time.
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One thing has become evident here: the roots of the campaign to propagate anti-India hatred was already seeded a long time ago. They had been nurturing it from time to time, but they were looking for an opportunity, which was presented to them on a silver platter last week.
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Pak's propaganda group, Pak Strategic Forum, which is notorious for spreading propaganda on social media took full advantage of the situation.
PSF not only seeds the anti-India propaganda in Urdu & English, it also has an Arabic division to foment anti-India narratives
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When India's commercial pavilion was ready to open in Dubai Expo 2020, the #PakistanStrategicForum aided the #MuslimBrotherhood Network in running and implementing the Boycott India campaign against India, and target Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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This time again, the same campaign was led by the same people & media outlets inclined with Muslim Brotherhood.
This proved that these individuals have been lobbying against India for a long time, but the topic was sentimental this time, therefore they were successful.
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PSF was registered by Aanis Kamal, a student of Fazaia Inter College. The college is a part of Pakistan Air Force schools & colleges system as per its website. Aanis has also worked at PTV.
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Father of Aanis Kamal, Kamal Pasha has been teaching in Fazaia Inter College, Lahore run by Pakistani Air Force.
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The next name in the PSF is of Umair Aslam. Interestingly, his father was also in Pakistan Airforce.
It is now clear that Pakistani is utilizing its citizens in Arab countries to run anti-India narratives, with the help of Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated influencers & news outlets. Apart from that, they have been disseminating a slew of other false information about India.
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It has also become clear that their agenda has nothing to do with the current happenings in India, and they create an anti-India atmosphere every two months. Their preparation shows that this for long term, and hence its solution will also have to be for long term.
Later, only to become a national hot topic picked up by political parties to take aim at the Indian government in the name of environmental activism.
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On Dec 2, 2025, Down To Earth (DoE) published a story regarding Aravalli’s definition by the Supreme Court, but from an activist standpoint.
Fair concern, right?
But, within 24 hours, the same content was picked up by India’s former LoP, Shri Sonia Gandhi on The Hindu.
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One of the co-authors of the DTE article is Neelam Ahluwalia, an environmental activist who holds PG degree in Environment Assessment & Evaluation from London School of Economics. She is the founder of "People for Aravalis" & "Aravalli Bachao Citizens Movement."
Following the recent Gen Z–led protests in Nepal, opposition-linked social media handles in India, notably from Congress & AAP, began invoking the “Nepal template,” amplifying youth-led dissent as a playbook for stirring mass civil unrest in India.
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Nepal witnessed deadly protests in Sept 2025. Gen Z-led demonstrations triggered by social media bans and an array of issues escalated into violent unrest, leading to resignation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Military took control, but the situations still worsened.
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Congress & AAP supporting handles used the same tropes to incite youth in India, which were the basis of protests in Nepal:
Corruption, nepotism, unemployment, economic inequality, government crackdowns, and lack of development.
Sound familiar?
These are universal grievances that can resonate across borders.
A flood of fake news/videos is circulating, falsely claiming violence against Kashmiri students across India. This narrative, pushed by Pakistani social media, was amplified into propaganda — shockingly aided by an Indian ‘activist’ for personal political gains.
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A Pakistani account posted a fake video to falsely claim that “Hindu Goons ruthlessly beat Kashmiri Students”. This poorly executed propaganda used a mirrored video of the recent public vandalization video from Bangladesh to frame it as a fake narrative to defame India.
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Another fake video circulated on social media & YT falsely claimed Kashmiri students were beaten in Janipur, Jammu, while some claimed it was Jaipur. The video was planted by a Pakistani handle @Aa9ish & posted on Apr 23!
The video was also posted by @MuslimMirror & @DeepikaPNath with no sense of prior fact-check
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Beyond the Bias- With this new series we are going to expose global media's propaganda against India.
Starting with the BBC.
BBC is one usual offender with a long history of peddling biased narratives when it comes to reporting on India—from CAA, Article 370 & Kashmir etc.
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BBC’s reports frequently paint Indian riots & protests in communal colors. BBC remains a brazen propaganda portal which focuses on narratives that divide and polarize.
And not once, but ad nauseam times, the portal has been caught peddling fake news & propaganda.
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BBC's reporting on India often reeks of a colonial hangover—selective negativity, political bias, & cultural insensitivity. From their choice of language, headlines, & editorial tone in their reporting to extend its modern imperialistic influence.
"Independent investigative" journalist Saurav Das recently dropped a hit piece against the former honorable CJI DY Chandrachud via Caravan. Funny how he never mentions his "independent" journalism is bankrolled by known propagandists like Dinesh Thakur.
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Meet the new bloke in town– Saurav Das
Off late he has become a darling of propaganda portals, this self-proclaimed "independent investigative" (read 𝘥𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘪) journalist uses the independence tag as window dressing for his CV
But actions speak louder than Twitter bios
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Despite the "independent" badge he wears proudly Das' career is built on questionable & paid propaganda pieces
Case in point: his work for The Thakur Family Foundation(TFF), a grant-making front of Dinesh Thakur, known for targeting Indian pharma industry with deep pockets
Farce factory @USCIRF has come up with another dog & pony show- country update report on India
While it is laced with usual anti-India tropes #CAA & #Islamophobia, important to note is person drafting it
Meet Sema G Hasan & USCIRF’s Pakistani pool of “experts” on India
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The report is curated by Sema Gabriela Hasan, a Pakistani-American appointed as South Asia Policy Analyst first in 2023, then promoted to senior analyst in 2024. Before this, she served as an intern at South and Central Asia Bureau, Office of Pakistan Affairs, US State Dpt
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She has been closely linked to the US State Department, having previously served as a Congressional Staffer at the Joint Economic Committee as a Democratic Representative in 2019.