Scroll Ideas: How Hindutva ecosystem spreads viral conspiracy theories

Tales of love jihad, Muslim appeasement, population growth and forced conversions are made up - yet are incredibly popular throughout India. Social media, journalists and even the prime minister have spread them.
In their new book "Love Jihad and Other Fictions", authors Sreenivasan Jain, Mariyam Alavi and Supriya Sharma apply the rules of journalism to bust some of the most damaging falsehoods.
On Scroll Ideas, Shoaib Daniyal speaks to Jain and Alavi to unpack the danger this poses to Indian democracy.
Producer: Karnika Kohli and Avinash Kumar
Host: Shoaib Daniyal

[@amitkhtn]

Please fix the sound... I'm straining to hear the speakers even with external speakers!

[@sharmilakalain7549]

For the sake of a better world order let's all work for the emphatic establishment of Hindutva.

[@silverghost5752]

Thought this Jain Pain worked for Al Jazeera!!

[@humbugbeetle4061]

Srinivasan Jain, then next potential jurno for RAMON MAGSASAY AWARD

[@silverghost5752]

Soros Chacha must agree..😅😅

[@NaveenKumar-xs5ie]

Good one

[@bharathutra]

what shit is this, i thought there would be some depth but all I hear is an echo chamber of validating each other

[@venugopal-zp4ek]

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[@HIMANSHUSHARMA-qi4ek]

So the question is why does the book has launched now isn't it an election time dear nonsense at the peak

13 comments shows, how fake you people are discussing as if nothing is true.

[@mukteswardhangadamajhi8443]

ha ha .....even Passsing them as laws, that is posoning....(7:18).Thats is what Hiduism is from the start . Earlier it was OBC and SC, later Just SCs , NOw Muslims and SCs. ROOTs .

[@SDFNI3894YR]

much ado about nothing.

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this lady is overflowing in her seat. kindly get a bigger chair next time.