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Don't mean to be a negative nancy, but I **really**, really, dislike this trend of some Punjabi artists in the West now churning out artwork by making their own "covers" of popular magazines with photos from the protests.
Lot of genuine problems with this
For one, when these are shared on social media, the image is what captures attention, not the caption - a LOT of people are sharing these in groupchats/posting online with the assumption that they're real. Have had to correct some of my fam in India saying it's just artwork
This just adds to general misinformation, which is really not ideal at a time when we see coordinated efforts to spread that - the facts should stand out above all
Secondly, this gives really easy currency to those saying that farmers are protesting the bills because they're unknowledgeable; some Indian media outlets have already scored points off the National Geographic cover, "fact checking it", and inferring all info is as such.
Another problem is a lot of the "headlines" are lifted from other news stories - for example, the Rolling Stone "cover" literally copied the headline of IP Singh's great article (covered here). Give coverage to the people actually writing these
Lot of genuine problems with this

For one, when these are shared on social media, the image is what captures attention, not the caption - a LOT of people are sharing these in groupchats/posting online with the assumption that they're real. Have had to correct some of my fam in India saying it's just artwork
This just adds to general misinformation, which is really not ideal at a time when we see coordinated efforts to spread that - the facts should stand out above all
Secondly, this gives really easy currency to those saying that farmers are protesting the bills because they're unknowledgeable; some Indian media outlets have already scored points off the National Geographic cover, "fact checking it", and inferring all info is as such.
Another problem is a lot of the "headlines" are lifted from other news stories - for example, the Rolling Stone "cover" literally copied the headline of IP Singh's great article (covered here). Give coverage to the people actually writing these
From facing hate propaganda for around a decade and half, which started soon after Partition and made people disown their mother tongue during census of 1951 and 1961, #Punjabi has now emerged as the language of resistance during the current #Farmers movement. pic.twitter.com/o2z7B7lYNj
— I P Singh (@ipsinghTOI) January 13, 2021
Neither https://t.co/00NDYv81XX nor https://t.co/3tPOCsz4Yf are swadeshi!!
Friends, not everyone is technical and we Indians are very fragile to fall into the trap when people whom we trust mislead you.
I'll be proving this in the thread and will guide you to check it yourself.
Open https://t.co/LTrVdSOQHw in any browser and hit F12 on your keyboard, it will open DevTools (you can adjust it in right half or below half or the screen). Go to Network tab in the DevTool and click any of the column header and enable Domain and Remote Address if they are not.
Now you can scroll up and down and check what connections are made, and they are basically 2 except some libraries and fonts.
1. https://t.co/LTrVdSOQHw (109.73.160.221)
2. https://t.co/SOFzVJWNdC (52.219.133.12)
Let's now find out with these IPs where they're hosted...
Any whois service can give us details about their owners. Open https://t.co/xD8mnE2YKr (or any you like) and search these IPs.
1. https://t.co/JsCSIfeH6Q
2. https://t.co/JXjPuBoQBM
First one is a RIPE IP and second one is ARIN, European and American IP network respectively.
Now, let's find on RIPE and ARIN who really owns them.
1. https://t.co/kTgtVCnRkg
2. https://t.co/4wxWQhyMEN
They are owned by HostDime UK and Amazon Technologies USA.
Note that the Asian(Handling IP for India) counterpart of these are APNIC.
Friends, not everyone is technical and we Indians are very fragile to fall into the trap when people whom we trust mislead you.
I'll be proving this in the thread and will guide you to check it yourself.
Open https://t.co/LTrVdSOQHw in any browser and hit F12 on your keyboard, it will open DevTools (you can adjust it in right half or below half or the screen). Go to Network tab in the DevTool and click any of the column header and enable Domain and Remote Address if they are not.

Now you can scroll up and down and check what connections are made, and they are basically 2 except some libraries and fonts.
1. https://t.co/LTrVdSOQHw (109.73.160.221)
2. https://t.co/SOFzVJWNdC (52.219.133.12)
Let's now find out with these IPs where they're hosted...
Any whois service can give us details about their owners. Open https://t.co/xD8mnE2YKr (or any you like) and search these IPs.
1. https://t.co/JsCSIfeH6Q
2. https://t.co/JXjPuBoQBM
First one is a RIPE IP and second one is ARIN, European and American IP network respectively.
Now, let's find on RIPE and ARIN who really owns them.
1. https://t.co/kTgtVCnRkg
2. https://t.co/4wxWQhyMEN
They are owned by HostDime UK and Amazon Technologies USA.
Note that the Asian(Handling IP for India) counterpart of these are APNIC.
1/n) This is one of the reasons why India never went with either F-16 of F/A-18 for MMRCA and will continue to have doubts over buying F-21/F-35/F-18 etc.
2/n) Sanctions (after Pokhran-2) or cutting off military aid in the past (see thread by Tanvi) meant that US could unilaterally cut of military supplies to toe their line
3/n) Even though India signs a deal in future for let's say MMRCA 2.0 but if the administration in D.C. changes or if the administration in power suddenly decides to shift course India will be left hanging in the wind.
4/n) IAF which is in a precarious position over squadron strength would be dealt a body blow if supplies were halted something like CAATSA
5/n) If the US is serious about deepening a long term strategic relationship with India in face of an ever aggressive China it needs to see that measures like CAATSA do more harm than good.
3/ Comes from India seeing US
— Tanvi Madan (@tanvi_madan) January 19, 2021
- cut off supply of mil equipment, parts in 1960s in midst of a crisis
- stepping back in 1971 from promises to help India if China attacked
-post-nuclear test sanctions
India-US rels might hv \u201csurvived\u201d those but they were significant setbacks
2/n) Sanctions (after Pokhran-2) or cutting off military aid in the past (see thread by Tanvi) meant that US could unilaterally cut of military supplies to toe their line
3/n) Even though India signs a deal in future for let's say MMRCA 2.0 but if the administration in D.C. changes or if the administration in power suddenly decides to shift course India will be left hanging in the wind.
4/n) IAF which is in a precarious position over squadron strength would be dealt a body blow if supplies were halted something like CAATSA
5/n) If the US is serious about deepening a long term strategic relationship with India in face of an ever aggressive China it needs to see that measures like CAATSA do more harm than good.