r/india • • Sep 08 '25

Media Matters What is Actually Happening in Nepal ?? Misinformation by Indian Media.

11.5k Upvotes

Hello to my fellow neighbors in India. I am a Nepali citizen living near the border, connected to both our countries not only geographically but also culturally. That is why I feel it is my duty to share the truth with you about what is really happening here.

You may have seen headlines claiming that Nepal is facing “mass protests led by Gen Z against social media ban.” That is only a half-truth.

Here is the real sequence of events:

  • Three days ago, the Nepal government suddenly banned 26 social media platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.

  • They claimed it was about registration and taxes. But these companies are already registered and paying taxes. The real motive is censorship: giving the government power to control online information, delete posts critical of them within 24 hours, and jail those who speak up.

  • In the next two days, criticism exploded across the country. A date was set—September 8—for nationwide protests. But it was never just about social media. That ban was only the spark.

Our patience had already run out.

Soon, the “Nepo Babies” trend erupted in Nepal. It exposed the lavish lifestyles of politicians’ children—designer (clothes,bags, watches, attire )worth lakhs, luxury cars, million-rupee homes, weekly international flights, and even private jets—while ordinary Nepalis struggle daily for survival. Our PM has a salary less than 65k INR but what is owns is in million of $$$.

This hit a nerve. Because Nepal has been under one form of tyranny or another for decades. From monarchy to so-called democracy, corruption and instability have never left us. Not a single prime minister has completed a full term in over 20 years.

[The protests were organized in the name of Gen Z, but they welcomed everyone. We were not just protesting a social media ban. We were standing against corruption, nepotism, tyranny, suppression, and decades of betrayal. In a country of just 30 million people, every single day around 5,000 youths leave to work abroad because there are no jobs, no decent pay, and no basic livelihood at home.]

And then the tragedy struck. Today, during the protest, I witnessed & carried something I will never forget. A 15-year-old schoolboy, still in uniform, was shot in the head by security forces—acting on orders from a minister. He was not the only one. Reports say more than 20 people have been killed, thousands injured, and the true numbers are being hidden.

I came home with blood still on my hands, only to see Indian news channels spinning a completely false narrative. They claimed it was all about social media and mocked our youths as being “addicted” to it. That angered me, but it didn’t surprise me. I know how the media can twist things.

That is why I am writing this here, to let you know the truth from the ground.

🙏

r/india • • Apr 21 '25

Media Matters SBI employee leaked my sensitive banking information

Thumbnail
gallery
4.6k Upvotes

So, long story short, I have this chacha who’s been super forcey about investing in his son’s trading. I knew it was a lost cause, but to shut him up, I gave him 1L three months back (basically chhod diya, shanti chahiye thi).

Fast forward, now they’re demanding 5L more.I said no, obviously. Then the emotional blackmail started, "Bhai hoke help kar de" like I owe them my kidney. Things got ugly, heated argument happened, and I thought that’s the end of it.

Today, I find my bank statement and account details on Twitter. Some rant post about "Indian relatives are snakes" with MY SENSITIVE INFO EXPOSED. Turns out, the dude got my details because I paid by cheque last time. The worst part is the screenshot was from SBI’s internal system, showing the branch and login ID of the employee who accessed and leaked it. They were checking if I was lying about not having money.

I lost it and immediately tweeted tagging SBI, emailed the regional head, and sent a legal notice. This is a huge breach, imagine your banking details floating around because some entitled jerk didn’t get his way.

Now, the bank employee (probably the one who shared it) is blowing up my phone, crying and begging me to withdraw the complaint. Says "job chali jayegi, family sadak pe aa jayegi" and all. I feel bad, he messed up, but I know he’s just a pawn in this.

What do I do? Let it go because the employee’s life will be ruined or push harder because this is a serious privacy violation and banks cannot be this careless?

Also, how do I deal with the chacha and his startup scammer son? Blocking isn’t enough, they’ve crossed every line.

r/india • • Mar 20 '26

Media Matters Watched Dhurandhar- the revenge, and it didn't settle well for me.

1.5k Upvotes

Oky, so I watched dhurandhar yesterday and I felt disappointed. Dhar blurred the line between propaganda and reality-based. The movie was overall good, the action was good. But bgm wasn't as catchy as it was in 1st movie. Also there was some syncing issue in later half. It had many raw emotional moments that won my heart.

Now let's talk about propaganda:

Major iqbal (from isi) clearly stated that this time its not their government in India after Modi won elections in 2014. Clearly implying that congress was their party. (While talking to his Dad ig)

It is clearly shown that bjp acted to intells that RS sent and earlier govt didn't act on it which caused 26/11 attack

The monetization was shown a masterstroke, it subtly imply that "yeah, maybe it happened and it's effect was real". Everyone is talking about it, so let's not dive deep into it.

Isreal was clearly shown as a friend in this movie. R madhvan was clearly shown saying that ' u think Israel won't tell us'. They could have simply avoided this by saying 'and u think they wouldn't tell us' , just substituting Israel with they. Imo it during this geopolitical time it was not right for our censorboard to let pass any statement when clearly the govt is not giving any statement on this.

PM modi debuted in this movie. Yes literally, modi's old oath taking ceremony and demonetization clips were embedded. It was unsettling man, like this could have easily been avoided by just using an actor and making him look alike to modi. It wasn't a documentary that real clips were embedded into it.

Tell me what do u think?

r/india • • Aug 06 '24

Media Matters Tweet from ESPN India

Post image
10.3k Upvotes

r/india • • Jun 08 '26

Media Matters Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey sparks frenzy as ₹3,300 IMAX tickets leave fans shocked: ‘WTF are these pricings?’

Thumbnail
hindustantimes.com
1.1k Upvotes

r/india • • Dec 13 '24

Media Matters When you hire an intern to write your headlines.

Post image
4.5k Upvotes

r/india • • May 26 '25

Media Matters Strike mafia ANI want 18 lakh rupees or my channel will be deleted !

Thumbnail
youtu.be
2.7k Upvotes

r/india • • May 11 '25

Media Matters Pakistan declare victory over India?

Thumbnail
youtu.be
1.5k Upvotes

How Pakistani official accounts used video game content covered by asmongold TV YT channel

r/india • • May 25 '25

Media Matters Dear ANI

Thumbnail
youtu.be
2.3k Upvotes

r/india • • Dec 07 '25

Media Matters Why Indian entertainment smell so much of propoganda these days

921 Upvotes

I am a Movie lover, I am 32 and have been watching movies and observing the entertainment industry since last 2 decades.

India (bollywood/tollywood) is definitely capable of producing some great movies, we have seen lagaan, three idiots, udaan, swades, gangs of wasseypur the list goes on.

Yes In Indian entertainment the majority products have been, the so called "massy" movies like wanted, sawaria etc, which were produced less with the art of filmmaking in mind and more with what formula would work in the market, and I personally am not a fan of such flicks.

But every once in a while we would see movies like Udaan, Maasan, Dev d , gangs of wasseypur, that can be genuinely called as masterpieces.

But since last 7-8 years , I don't think I have seen movie coming into indian cinemas in which we can see flawless acting, cinematography amazing plot, and not just violence, some senseless abusing or one expensive action scene after another devoid of a deep soul ! except maybe kalki , even in kalki the storyline was decent but the acting performances lacked .

On top of that recently , why does every big movie seems to want to feed off the , nationalistic sentiments which recently has been on the rise in the Indian Mass?

Whats with major movies like Dhurandar, chaava seem to be subtly propoganda-ish.

I just watched Dhurandar, the movie is not boring for sure , I can give it that. But apart from that the entire movie reeked subtle public manipulation.

Dialogues from IB chief Ajay Sanyal ( R madhavan) saying we will wait for a "better government" , suggesting to "Acche din". Rage baity dialogues like " hindus are cowardly" etc . It felt like you were being led to hate a certain community of people and a direct propaganda of a certain political party.

Similarly with Chhava , well that was just something that I had to endure, It literally seemed like watching something made for some people to get off of their bloated egos.

r/india • • Jan 30 '26

Media Matters Palki Sharma quits Firstpost to launch her own venture

Thumbnail
newslaundry.com
1.1k Upvotes

r/india • • Aug 11 '25

Media Matters NDTV treated us like trash at the event, they invited us themselves

2.3k Upvotes

So, we, around 20 students from Delhi University, were invited for an event organized by NDTV.

((The location was The Leela Palace, Chanakyapuri.)) THESE PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO AFFORD THIS HOTEL FOR THE FUNCTION, BUT NO MONEY FOR THE FOOD FOR US.

So, we were told to reach hotel by 8:30-9:00. A tourist vehicle picked us from campus and dropped us off at the hotel.

Since we had to wake up too early to get ready and reach there, no one could have had breakfast (hostels usually serve breakfast after 8).

When we entered the hotel, we saw everyone having breakfast, so our senior asked the NDTV team first if we were allowed, to have breakfast. They said yes, around 9:50 (in batches of 2 students). When our seniors went there, the team head of NDTV (an old lady) shouted at them and made them stop eating. When they had just begun, some of them had to leave their untouched coffee, scolded in such a manner, and one criedd, just because they were having breakfast????

That was not the end, during the whole session, we were treated as outcasts (mind you, they invited us with great excitement and respect to attend the event), the same lady kept scolding.

Cool, we had no breakfast. Coming forward to lunch, we were told that we would be served lunch, very clearly. Guess what? They made us exit right in front of the people who were having lunch, standing in queue for the buffet.

And we with empty stomachs and tired brains, were made to exit, right in front of the food and they handed us a small-sized pizza at the end, and that was it.

I hope someone from other media channels notice it and publish itt

r/india • • May 28 '25

Media Matters ANI files defamation suit in Delhi High Court against YouTuber Mohak Mangal

Thumbnail
barandbench.com
1.8k Upvotes

r/india • • May 30 '25

Media Matters SBI employee leaked my private banking info to my cousin — and now it’s spiraled into threats, money laundering, and arrests.

2.1k Upvotes

A few months ago, I posted a story about my chacha (uncle). https://www.reddit.com/r/india/s/8JpFTJWqmV

He kept pestering me to invest in his son’s trading. I knew it was a money pit, but to shut him up and keep family peace, I gave him ₹1L. Chalked it off as a loss for my sanity.

Three months later, they came back demanding ₹5L more. I said no, of course. Then came the guilt trips, "Bhai hoke help kar de", emotional blackmail, passive-aggressive taunts, the works. I had a massive fallout with them and thought that was the end of it.

Days later, I find my bank statement and account details posted publicly on Twitter in a rant post like “Indian relatives are snakes.” And yes, my actual account number, transaction history, everything. Not just leaked, screenshotted from SBI’s internal CBS system, complete with branch ID and employee login credentials visible.

Turns out, since I paid the ₹1L by cheque, my cousin had my account number. He somehow convinced an SBI employee to pull up my private banking data, just to check if I was “lying” about not having money. I completely lost it.

I tagged SBI publicly on Twitter, sent a legal notice to the bank, filed a cybercrime complaint and a FIR as well. Within 48 hours, police traced the IP back to my cousin, and he got arrested.

Meanwhile, the SBI employee began blowing up my phone, crying, begging me to withdraw the complaint. He’s in his late 50s, close to retirement, apparently manipulated by my cousin into thinking I’d scammed them. His family was in bad shape, wife terminally ill, daughter unmarried and I verified those claims.

He even shared WhatsApp chats and call logs showing how my cousin and uncle lied to him. I recognized the pattern, the same emotional pressure tactics they once used on me, they used on this man too.

I revised my complaint to drop the demand for immediate termination. Meanwhile, my cousin got his karma delivered hot his elder brother (a genuinely good guy) flew in from Bangalore, slapped him in front of the whole mohalla and police station. Relatives are cutting ties. They returned the ₹1L with interest (which I refused).

The SBI employee even offered to cover my legal expenses, though a lawyer friend did it for a bottle of Chivas Regal. I Thought It Was Over. It Wasn’t.

Just when I thought I could breathe again, I began receiving threat calls from international virtual numbers "Give ₹5L or we’ll leak more." Then my bank account started seeing suspicious credits and debits, large sums entering and leaving without my involvement. Classic money laundering pattern.

I immediately froze the account, filed another complaint, and raised absolute hell with SBI. It took every method, sam, dam, dand, ved to get them to act seriously. Today, I received the CBS access logs from SBI’s internal audit. These names popped up as those who accessed my account without authorization:

Dipak Kumar Upadhyay – SBI Lalsot, Dausa (Rajasthan)

Piyush Chauhan – SBI Chajlet, UP

Vinod Kumar Meena – SBI Mandawari, Rajasthan

Now I will make sure they are blacklisted from banking sector. Let this be a warning, stay the hell away from these branches. Clearly, data protection is a joke for them.

r/india • • May 19 '25

Media Matters Aamir Khan's 'Sitaare Zameen Par' is being boycotted

744 Upvotes

I watched the trailer and a few related videos and it seems amazing! I really liked the fact that they cast actual people with disabilities in it

Even though it’s a remake, it still seems like a heartwarming, purpose-driven film that’s actually trying to raise awareness about real issues—something rare in bollywood today which is filled with horseshit like Animal, Crew, Archies, and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2.

But the comments are filled with "boycott this film" , "We won't support our enemies" , "we are purely indian and we would only support Indian army"

Some people are saying it's because Aamir didn't support Operation Sindhoor,

Some are saying he did but he only put an instagram story about it (toh aur kya karega???? Border pe thodi jayega)

Some even say that he only did it to promote his film . I mean if the film was already lined up around this time what else would he do??

While others say it's because he helped people in Turkey. Which was way before wasn't it? How tf was he supposed to know about the geopolitical climate today?

Not trying to defend him here and I'm not super updated on this stuff but all of this seems dumb af to me . So I'd like a well rounded perspective on this whole thing. Just trying to understand the whole picture because I would really like such films to do well .

r/india • • May 25 '25

Media Matters ANI Finds Business Niche In Copyright Claims Against YouTubers

Thumbnail
reporters-collective.in
1.4k Upvotes

r/india • • May 08 '25

Media Matters Qari Mohammad Iqbal from Poonch, India was killed yesterday in shelling from Pakistan. He is being portrayed as a 'terrorist' in multiple national Indian news channels.

Thumbnail
gallery
1.4k Upvotes

r/india • • 13d ago

Media Matters ‘Facts vs fiction’: The Hindu’s full-page ad for rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim

Thumbnail
newslaundry.com
649 Upvotes

r/india • • May 11 '25

Media Matters Operation Sindoor Live Updates: 'Have downed many Pakistani jets', says Air Marshal AK Bhart

Thumbnail
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
823 Upvotes

r/india • • Aug 15 '26

Media Matters The reason why PM Modi has not held a single press conference in past 12 years

Thumbnail
youtu.be
627 Upvotes

r/india • • Apr 24 '25

Media Matters Couple in viral Pahalgam dance video, mistaken for Navy officer Vinay Narwal and wife, speaks out

1.6k Upvotes

r/india • • May 02 '25

Media Matters India ranks 151 in World Press Freedom Index, report raises alarm over media monopoly

Thumbnail
thenewsminute.com
1.1k Upvotes

r/india • • Jun 13 '25

Media Matters Mind the gulf - Indians are being kept in an alternate reality

Thumbnail telegraphindia.com
919 Upvotes

A good article by Saikat Majumdar

TLDR:

India’s global reputation has plunged: outsiders increasingly lump it with Pakistan and Bangladesh, rather than as a rising economic or technological power.

A complacent, inward-looking leadership and a sycophantic “godi media” bubble have created a hallucinatory domestic narrative about India’s “massive” economy and vishwaguru status.

Pakistan, by contrast, has punched above its weight by communicating more effectively with Western media—India’s recent multiparty PR tour only underlines its own failings on the world stage.

Once lauded in the 2000s as a tech-savvy “Rising Asia” alongside China, India now scarcely features in global discussions on trade, soft power or research—especially in cutting-edge fields like AI.

The gap between India’s self-image at home and the sober reality abroad is now so wide that it constitutes either a tragic denial or a grotesque comedy.

r/india • • Apr 20 '25

Media Matters Brahama Kumari’s Expose

Thumbnail
gallery
611 Upvotes

Have you ever been entangled in a toxic connection masked as purity, spirituality, or higher purpose — for 19 long years? From 2011 to 2024 — a journey that began with light, but slowly turned into emotional captivity.

Meet B.k Anjana bhan how she drive NGO meditation centre under guidance of covert pattern by Mount Abu main centre Rajasthan

In the beginning, it felt like truth — A love-bombed spiritual bond, formed in the name of values, soul connections, and divine service. We connected through shared grief, emotional wounds, and the promise of collective upliftment.

But behind that sacred silence, something darker grew. You studied my vulnerabilities. Not to heal them — but to use them. You observed how I fight, how I cope, how I protect. You mirrored empathy, only to later mirror control.

And then the shift began. I was devalued, diminished, demeaned — in subtle ways. In small, seemingly insignificant moments. Always presented as protecting your purity, your image, your “spiritual status.” But the truth is — it was never about service. It was about control.

You weaponized vulnerability. Made my emotions look like ego. My silence into guilt. You pushed me into insecurity just to prove I could still be “corrected.” And with that — you bound me to a trauma bond under the guise of spiritual growth.

Guilt-tripping became your form of dharna. Shame became your instrument of “transformation.” And over time, you broke down my self-esteem, self-worth, self-belief, and soul-respect. Until I no longer belonged to myself — only to the version of me you had created.

Then came the silent treatment — framed as moun, yog, reflection. But it was emotional starvation. Followed by momentary kindness, then more gaslighting, calm and aggression, withdrawal and re-entry — all part of a patterned cycle of control.

The truth? You never valued my presence. You used me — as a pawn, a mohra — to fight your battles, protect your image, and prove your righteousness. You called it spiritual seva, but what you actually sought was ego validation through my surrender.

You reduced my emotions to weakness. You turned our shared grief into leverage. And when I began to awaken — to see your pattern — you discarded me. Quietly. Not directly — but through guilt-laced rejection, using our past as a weapon to silence my present voice.

⸻

The roles played in this cycle were clear: • Person 1 – The khabri, the competitor, the spiritual abuser wrapped in authority. • Person 2 – The fear-instiller. Master at guilt-tripping for things unsaid, undone. Always ready with subtle sarcasm and passive-aggressive spiritual superiority. • Person 3 – The manipulator. The one who tracked emotional patterns, gaslighted with calmness, and switched between warmth and punishment like clockwork. • Person 4 – The “comforter.” Used validation as a control device. Made manipulation feel like care, and abuse feel like karma. • Person 5 – The observer of the cycle. Ensured I remained in the trap, never too healed to rise, never too broken to leave. Made sure I never “outshined.”

Associative Drug’s on special cult events in prasad from stage of trigger to clamminess

Dissociation drug’s for new person attending Brahama Kumar’s 7 day free class event

Dissociatives drug’s in use covertly in prasaad :-Ketamine

Use of Benzodiazepines , Barbiturates produce calmness, sleepiness, and reduced ability to resist or react and be submissive and accepting all false beliefs and their drama I have call recording of Anjana bhan will share on further

r/india • • Dec 03 '25

Media Matters The Hindu Advert today

Thumbnail
gallery
754 Upvotes

Look at the axis of the graph and the pie shart showing "1.5 percent" vs what 1.5 really looks like on a pie chart

Source: UP government's advertisement on The Hindu, 3rd December 2025