Australian socialist ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ (#Baba) is new bรชte noir of the self-loathing pseudo intellectuals after he shredded their bibles of India-hate!
What followed was standard play book...
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โIndiaโs intellectual class is anti-Indiaโ- remark by @sbabones at an event has become the most talked about topic in India, sparking debate. Sensing this as an opportunity, some media houses & individuals incensed by the remark started targeting him.
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The remark in question was swiftly picked up by some known media outlets, who encashed on this opportunity. #ThePrint was the first to use it as a ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ค๐๐๐ข๐ญ story, setting a premise for coverage by other media outlets.
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Triggered portals like ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ were then quick to follow suit & channeled their dissatisfaction, labeling him a right-wing foreign agent, and calling him out for being a critic of #intellectuals.
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Unsurprisingly, ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ was one of the media outlets that whitewashed the fake foreign expert & #Khalistani stooge, ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ก by deliberately ignoring real facts as a part of its journalistic practice.
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But the trigger seemed to be manifested beyond the borders; by representative of #antiindian voices on foreign soil, self-proclaimed expert & historian on South Asia, ๐๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ค๐. Riled by Babones' remarks, she piled up on criticisms against him.
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Speaking in the language of hypocrisy, #Truschke highlighted his background as a foreign agent, slamming him for speaking in the interest of India, who worked with the US Federal govt grants.
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While Truschke slammed #Babones for being a foreign agent by sharing the FARA document, she herself has kept a veil drawn on her background & her familyโs illegal business in #India as exposed by us earlier.
Her husband Thane Rehn & father-in-law Nathan Rehn were carrying out illegal conversion activities in India through their #missionary. But when the FCRA rules were tightened, her Christian missionary conversion family business was marred. So did her anti-India tirade begun!
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And it began from #Pakistan. ๐๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ค๐ was groomed directly by the ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ, and even got a fellowship at American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) in 2012-13.
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On top of that, her husband - Thane Rehn was working as an assistant professor at Jindal Global Law School (@JindalGLS) before his illegal conversion racket was caught and left India. But he also worked at the Human Rights Commission in Pakistan.
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It is comical how blatantly such voices display their #hypocrisy. On even days they run their tirade and on odd days, try to silence those who have contrasting opinions.
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All @sbabones did was exposing fakery of certain anti-India western reports. Why some media houses & individuals got triggered?!
And not one has questioned the facts Salvatore Babones raised...
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 Aravalliโs definition by the Supreme Court, but from an activist standpoint.
Fair concern, right?
But, within 24 hours, the same content was picked up by Indiaโs 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 Zโled protests in Nepal, opposition-linked social media handles in India, notably from Congress & AAP, began invoking the โNepal template,โ 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 โ shockingly aided by an Indian โactivistโ for personal political gains.
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A Pakistani account posted a fake video to falsely claim that โHindu Goons ruthlessly beat Kashmiri Studentsโ. 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 Indiaโfrom CAA, Article 370 & Kashmir etc.
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BBCโs 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 hangoverโselective 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 townโ Saurav Das
Off late he has become a darling of propaganda portals, this self-proclaimed "independent investigative" (read ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช) 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 & USCIRFโs Pakistani pool of โexpertsโ 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.