- By Vishvas News
- Updated: October 17, 2020
Author Shefali Vaidya shared an image on Twitter, saying the former PM was holding a sweet box like a ‘family servant’, while Rahul and Sonia Gandhi were mingling with people. Pia Krishnankutty 26 June, 2020 8:00 pm IST. On Thursday, a journalist with The Independent, Stuti Mishra, shared an image on Twitter, alleging that it is the screenshot of a tweet by social media user Shefali Vaidya, which turned out to be fake. The screenshot showed a tweet by Shefali Vaidya, saying that she had bought a gold neckware set from Tanishq worth Rs 112484, and she is going.
New Delhi (Vishvas News): Vishvas News found a tweet attributed to the Columnist Shefali Vaidya being widely shared over various platforms on the internet, claiming that she showed her outrage against the controversial Tanishq ad in her tweet. In its investigation, Vishvas News found that the viral tweet is fake and that Shefali Vaidya did not tweet it on her profile.
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Claim:
Facebook Page, ‘Muslims of India’ shared the morphed tweet of Shefali Vaidya, where the tweet said, “Last year ,I bought “Luminous gold
neckwear set” of INR 112484price from @TanishqJewelry that was my life worst decision. I gonna sell this “Jihadi” brand in any local store
because I don’t want such Hinduphobic brand in my home.
#BoycottTanishq“
With this said tweet was another picture of the jewellery stating that it was avaialble on at an online shopping website for just 199 Rs.
Along with the morphed tweet, the page wrote, “What #BoycottTanishq is on Twitter and what it actually is.
From one lakh twelve thousand to 200 rupees.
©️ https://t.co/lGWjgsqRx2“
Check the post and its archive version here.
Another Facebook page, Mahua Moitra Fans too shared the image of the tweet and wrote, “Reality of #BoycottTanishq movement. BJP don’t want anyone to promote peace & unity. If the peace is restored in the country, Modi will have to start his first job again.“
Check the post and its archive version here.
Another Twitter user, Ayodhya Poul – अयोध्या पौळ पाटील. too shared the same image of the tweet and wrote, “देवा रे देवा!Woman facepalmingRolling on the floor laughing @ShefVaidya जी “कडू”न विकायला काढलेले 112484₹ चे दागिने 199₹ मध्ये मिळत आहेत.Rolling on the floor laughing धन्य हो आप
@narendramodi जी जो एैसे महान कार्यकर्तावों को संभालते हो। @SardesaiVarun @Raja_Africa @AnaghaAcharya @kundanAvhad19 @real230799 @shwetasuryava19 @PomaneSpeaks“
Check the entire post and its archive version here.
Investigation:
Jewellery brand Tanishq pulled its latest ad featuring a Hindu woman and her Muslim mother-in-law off all online platforms after a backlash on social media, which saw #BoycottTanishq trending on Twitter. Amidst the Tanishq row, one image that went viral included an image of a tweet attributed to columnist Shefali Vaidya.
Vishvas News in the first step of its investigation checked the Twitter profile of the columnist Shefali Vaidya to verify if she had posted the said content on her twitter profile that the viral tweet said. We did not find the tweet attributed to her on her Twitter Profile.
Later we checked the image of the tweet that was being widely shared over various social networking websites.
When Vishvas News checked the image of the tweet, we found that the letters of username of Shefali Vaidya had been cut from the bottom, the ‘@’ and ‘Y’ in the name can be noticed prominently.
We checked the Facebook profile of Shefali Vaidya where she had called out the fake image being widely circulated.
She had called out the image of the fake tweet on Twitter too.
In the last step of investigation Vishvas News reached out to Shefali Vaidya. Talking to Vishvas News she said, “The image of the tweet being attributed to me is fake. Those who follow me would know that my English is better than what is being used in the tweet. Also, this is not the first time such things have happened with me. However, in the end the truth prevails.”
In the end we did the social scanning of the profile that shared it, the page, ‘Muslims of India’ is followed by 37,004 people and 31,791 have liked this page.
Conclusion: Vishvas News in its investigation found that the tweet attributed to Shefali Vaidya is morphed. She had not shared the tweet as per the claims.
- Claim Review :What #BoycottTanishq is on Twitter and what it actually is. From one lakh twelve thousand to 200 rupees.
- Claimed By :Muslims of India
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Kaushal Bodwal’s photo from a protest was shared by right-wing Twitter user Shefali Vaidya with a transphobic and queerphobic comment.
“How the heck can I unsee this?” tweeted right-winger Shefali Vaidya on Friday, “Sharing it to spread the misery. Why should I suffer alone?” What Shefali, a prolific Twitter user, wanted to ‘unsee’ was a photo of research scholar and LGBTQI+ activist Kaushal Bodwal at a protest in Delhi. Kaushal, who identifies as queer, was wearing a bindi and a nosering in the picture, while participating in an anti-CAA protest in the capital back in December. And the photo and Shefali Vaidya’s queerphobic comment on it sent hundreds of trolls after Kaushal, with many insulting Kaushal for the way he looks.
Shefali Vaidya Twitter Page
“The trolling has been happening for a while,” says Kaushal, speaking to TNM, “That photo was taken at a protest sometime in December, and even before Shefali Vaidya tweeted it, people had been trolling me for it. In fact, the principal of the college where I did my graduation had shared a post by someone on Facebook calling me ‘buddhi pisachi’ – intellectual demon.”
The harassment on Twitter reached new lows after Shefali Vaidya’s tweet – which has now been removed by Twitter for violating their rules. “My dog had swallowed my car keys an hour back. I tried a lot of emetics but nothing worked. Out of options, I showed him this picture and he vomited instantly, puking out the car keys as well as the bike keys he had swallowed last year,” one person wrote – and the tweet has still not been removed at the time of writing this article.
Reacting to the vile comments, Kaushal says the trolling and abuses are society’s reaction to feeling threatened by his queerness – and indeed, queerness in general. But Kaushal adds he doesn’t agree with some of the trolling Shefali has been receiving in return, calling her ‘aunty’ etc. “We can’t fight transphobia with misogyny,” he says.
Shefvaidya
“Society looks at us in a certain way,” he says, “And when queer people participate in popular protests, we are being a part of society and challenging norms. Queer and trans people cannot fit into the brackets and norms of society and this threatens people. The way queer people carry ourselves threatens people.”
Shefali Vaidya Twitter
“They understand bodies in a certain way – they look at a beard and think this is male, or look at a bindi and say this is female. But when they see queer and trans people, there is a rupture happening in the understanding of a body, and this threatens them,” he explains.
The 24-year-old research scholar is amused by many of the comments his photo received. “Someone asked – iski baraat aayegi ya jayegi? Meaning, if I were to get married, would I be the bride or the groom. They are so concerned about my marriage!” he says.
Shefali Vaidya Twitter Pictures
And that’s because there are some peculiar features to how we look at the world, he says. “According to the society’s rules, you have to get married. You have to have children. You have to have a family that is related by blood. However, for many queer people, families are the number one enemy,” he says.
Kaushal is also amused at the rhetoric employed by right-wingers when it comes to rights of marginalised communities. “I’m from a Dalit background. Because I protested against CAA, many of the commenters said I don’t care about Dalits in Pakistan which is why I’m opposing CAA,” Kaushal laughs, “These are people who don’t care about Dalits being attacked and killed in India, and they’re telling me they’re worried about Dalits in Pakistan.”
One reply to Shefali Vaidya’s tweet – by Abhijit Iyer-Mitra – has also raised anger among LGBTQI+ people online. Abhijit trolled Kaushal for his appearance, calling him a ‘Yeti’, displaying transphobia and queerphobia despite being an out-gay man himself. Kaushal says this points to the caste-class privilege Abhijit holds, and how most LGBTQI+ issues don’t affect someone like Abhijit Iyer-Mitra.
“A majority of the problems of queerness are problems of caste and class struggle,” says Kaushal, “When queer people come out, the first thing that gets snatched away is the house. There is no money. It’s difficult to find a house. There is no employment,” he explains. But that’s not the case for someone like Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, he adds.
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