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The Streisand effect clearly hasnt reached the shores of India yet.
Advertisement doesn't get any better than this, I am not even Indian and now I want to see it. >

Or vpn? >

You need a bbc account, I’ve made one before where I needed to give a random uk zipcode and solemnly declared I paid my tv license. Edit: still works after a password reset, watching now from the Netherlands with VPN. >

What I I'm not endowed well enough for a bbc account? >

It's free. >

Yeah just send them a dick pic and they will email you your login information. >

I tried, got an auto reply saying, "while you submission is indeed large, it is not dark enough. "   should I apply bronzer and re-submit? >

Send it in sepia >

Streisand effect incoming >

Already there. r/India is brimming with links to download and watch it. >

Reddit is not representative of the average Indian.  Modi is very popular in India and most agree with what he did in Kashmir based off pretty much every poll I've seen.
Modi was in the US and selling out 50K stadiums a couple years ago.
He is very popular >

Are you pulling that out of your ass? 
Everyone I know doesn't like Modi. He is responsible for all of the hate mongering that's been going on in India. 
Why does he feel like it's necessary to ban it, does he have something to hide? >

Go to a remote Indian village and ask who they are going to vote for 2024. Pretty sure most of East, northeast, west, north, and some states of South (except 1/2) will say they will vote for Modi. >

Lmao the people with little to no education that the media brainwashes? 
I am from the northeast and even in some villages there are many people who are waking up, if it was 2 years ago I would have agreed but people are starting to wake up. Only old people and the garbage with no life that roams around wearing saffron color and swords support him. >

More roads have been constructed in the last 10 yrs than whatever was constructed in the previous 10. When it comes to hard infrastructure, Modi govt has done extremely well and MANY will support him just because of it. >

I am from Northeast as well. Everywhere I see, I witness corruption and propaganda. I am fucking off from this country man. >

How to make sure people watch a documentary 101 >

How to admit guilt in whatever the documentary states without saying it directly >

Everyone knows he’s guilty of being complicit in the mass murder of Muslims in Gujarat. It’s what got him elected to be a PM. He’s just embarrassed that the rest of the world doesn’t see things that way and he’s getting shamed on that stage.
Also let’s not forget this glowing review that President Obama had of Modi knowing full well of what he did since his predecessor had banned Modi from coming to the US for his role in the Gujarat riots.
Edit: I’m not going to get into a back and forth with Modi/Hindutva fanatics below about how the Indian Supreme Court acquired Modi of all wrongdoing but I will leave this article here as a general response.

The learned judges’ intemperate recorded judgment is not the only worrying aspect of this case. For the judgment is 416 pages long, but the Gujarat Police arrived in Mumbai to arrest Setalvad within a day of its being given. The arrest of Sreekumar and the re-arrest of Sanjiv Bhatt, to discrediting whom the judges had also devoted more than 50 pages of their judgment, followed within hours. 

The courts consistently ignored the victims and their families and gave government officials a pass while arresting and harassing advocates for the families. Modi boys consistently fall back on this acquittal as an argument.
Edit 2: I’d also encourage people to watch the documentary, Final Solution by Rakesh Sharma which was also banned in India when it was released in 2004. >

Not to forget that Modi and Trump were chums too. 
Didn't Modi go and campaign for Trump before 2020 elections? Or was it the other way around? Too much work for my single brain cell. >

Yep, “Howdy Modi” was an event in Texas that was basically Modi campaigning for Trump. Modi doesn’t need Trump to win elections.
Indian-Americans generally vote for Democrats. Unfortunately that same large segment of the population supports right-wing politics in India. Trump was hoping to capitalize on that good relationship with Modi as votes for Republicans. >

It's a matter of convenience. In the US, democrat policies favor immigrants which help them. In India, right wing policies benefit Hindus (90% of immigrants to the US). >

This will have exactly the opposite effect lol. University will now learn what Streisand effect is. >

I'm wouldn't at all be surprised if a lot of officials at the University don't care if students see the film, and know full well that this will lead to more seeing it. It could be malicious compliance on action. Or, they're just covering themselves, and don't generally care either way. >

On the contrary, I think universities will take great pleasure in exercising any amount of control they can over the students. Schools like JNU are very few, and most of the administrators take great pleasure in enforcing pointless rules. >

Well, then they're just morons I guess. >

“Don’t look behind the curtain”, said the great and powerful oz. >

Bot >

Well now I want to watch this documentary on Modi. >

I wasn't planning on watching this, now I am. >

yeah I've got it open in iplayer now. >

Modi, allow me to introduce you to Barbara Streisand. >

Whooooo ooo ooo oooo oooooooo oo Barbara Streisand. >

Is this amazing or is this amazing? >

Ah I don't have a TV license so I can't watch it on BBC... /s >

'Oi! You gotta license for tha '/s'? >

Wow, been a hot minute since I've seen this dumbass meme, did we time-travel back to 2010 or something? >

Some of us never left. >

Don't watch the doc!
What doc? 
You know, the doc about Modi.
I didn't know there was a doc about modi. 
Well don't watch it. 
Don't watch the doc about Modi? 
Yes, don't watch the doc about Modi. >

If they get caught watching it then their student terms will be Modified >

But only Modistly. >

Time to find a new Modis Operandi >

Take your upboat and fuck off! >

American here. Could someone explain this? >

Haven't watched the documentary myself. The documentary is about the Godhra riots in the Indian state of Gujarat. The chief minister of Gujarat at that time was Narendra Modi, the current PM of India. He had been widely criticised for his role during the riots. Though many cases were filed against him, the judiciary system has largely maintained that he is not responsible for it. Now the BBC has taken a more critical take on it and Mr. Modi is worried and has sought to ban the documentary. >


the judiciary system has largely maintained that he is not responsible for it.

How convenient that they just so happened to clear him of all responsibility a week after he was elected PM :))) >

Not surprised at all. I also don't exactly blame the people on the SIT. I wouldn't exactly wanna fuck with someone capable of doing what he did right after he just got the highest power in the country >

Not exactly the timeline.
2002 - Incident. 
2006 - Repeat incident on smaller scale
2008 - SIT created
2008 - Police records destroyed
2012 - SIT Closure Report
2014 - Modi wins National elections >

Fair enough, thanks for clarifying! >

Why?   What are you scared off?  You don't believe in free speech then? >

Correct. Next question. >

Our dear leader doesn't take questions from journalists anymore. Not in a long time. The last time I believe was one where he stormed out in the middle when a journalist brought up the Gujarat riots. >

India has banned this video all over the country >

Why? >

Thank you.

Officials said the documentary has been found to be “undermining the sovereignty and integrity of India” and has “the potential to adversely impact” the country’s “friendly relations with foreign states” and “public order within the country"

So what?  History is history. >

Modi and his government are a 24x7 PR machine. Their fragile egos can't handle criticism. >

Why is it that dictators always have the thinnest skins? >

Not to defend Modi, but India is the largest democracy in the world. That's what makes this action even worse. >

Just because a country has elections doesn't make it democratic. You know who else has elections? Turkey. >

Then by that logic all populist democracies are dictatorships and therefore democracy is flawed/pointless. >

Populist democracies aren't the same as electoral autocracies, though they do have a bunch in common.
Once the autocrat comes to power through elections, he Basically answers to no one, and has free reign to do what he/she wants.
In a proper democracy checks and balances exist, in an electoral autocracy they do not. >

++ actually someone understood sarcasm. >

Also, college students, don't drink, have sex, listen to loud music, or smoke weed.
Thank you for your compliance. >

Tbf nobody gives a shit about it at least in the capital Delhi. My landlady even told me that try not to disturb people when you have friends over. She was very surprised when she visited one day and didn't find anyone in my bedroom lol >

You should try living in the south 😢 >

Yeah tbf I can see that. A little more open in Bangalore though, Bangalore is pretty liberal. But then I've lived in liberal cities a lot. Kolkata was probably the most open among them. There are a ridiculous amount of people doing whatever they want sexually and nobody cares lol. Far cry from Gujarat, the main seat of the ruling party. If these places turn into Gujarat and I have to be vegetarian for the rest of my life I'll leave the country lol >

Yep Bangalore is much more open than the rest of the states in the south. People mind their own shit over there that's something I love about that place. 
The people from my state (Kerala) are so darn nosy, I once brought a couple of my friends and there were a couple of girls also over to my house for lunch and within minutes my mom gets a call from my bitch of my neighbour telling her that I am having a party over at the house with some random girls.
After that whole ordeal my mom was like I shouldn't do stuff like this if i didn't want my name to be sullied by society ( this sounds better in Malayalam). >

If there’s one thing university, students are known for it is blindly following directions to protect the feelings of politicians. >

I can’t think of a better reason to watch it other than the government telling you not to. >

Indian University ensures every student will now watch documentary. >

Nah this is probably the most politically heated University 
A lot of top politicians come from here as well as top political castes. Most students just will stay away from this shi*.
Not to mention the reason that it is not being aired is the hardcore hindutav support that is there in the campus which constantly battles the left wing orgs in the campus. >

I mean, I’m not* even in India, and the news of this ban has reached my ears and convinced me to watch the BBC documentary. 
I’m 100% sure “just saying nothing” would have led to fewer people watching this than releasing the statement to ban it. >

Truly regarded! >

Current-day education worldwide is going to be looked back at and mocked endlessly if we survive. >

But Indian government will be sure to do public screenings of Kashmir Files and distribute tickets for it because that doesn't have a speck of propaganda /s >

i’m curious about this quote from the Indian Express article:

On Saturday, 302 eminent citizens comprising retired judges, bureaucrats (including 33 former ambassadors) and 156 retired Army officers, wrote a letter against the BBC, calling it “the archetype of British past imperialism in India setting itself up as both judge and jury, to resurrect Hindu-Muslim tensions that were overwhelmingly the creation of the British Raj policy of divide and rule”.

It’s Modi propaganda to convince anyone that those tensions are a thing of the past, and belong only to the legacy of colonialism.  Fascism today holds plenty of responsibility for the conditional tension between Muslim and Hindu people in India.  But I’m curious about if these people who wrote the BBC are all Indian officials or they are from other countries? It’s kind of vague but idk >

I agree. Indians I talk to (generally Hindus) blame the British for everything and it's like... They've been gone for 70 years you need to take responsibility for your personal prejudice. >

True. Indians have to come out of the victimhood mindset. Look at Vietnam. Buggers were colonised by the French and then attacked by the US. I don't see them complaining a lot. >

And you also believe the Vietnam war happened in a parallel universe? My point is the Vietnamese have overcome their past and working towards their future. India just refuses to move on. Neither does Pakistan. It seems a common trait in South Asians. >

200 years of colonialism which followed centuries of islamic rule. But nope, you have to compare Vietnam with India. All those centuries of problems will take time to solve and are not going to vanish magically overnight. >

Wow. Vietnam was ruled by China before the French came. Stop trying to blame everything on external factors. Own up your own mistakes as well. >

Ask Vietnam to get the same level of regional & linguistic diversity of India first. The fact that India is still growing is a good thing in itself. And, yes. Everyone has problems. It will be eventually solved. >

To the surprise of no one who has any kind of relationship to Indians who are not Hindu. Everyone should have gotten the call India is fast becoming an ethno-supremacist dictatorship. >

Getting a little fascist curious there aren’t we India? >

The BJP is basically a Hindu nationalist party. They're pretty fascist and have been for at least 5 years and only getting worse each year longer they stay in power. >

Also remember that Tulsi Gabbard is also in cahoots with them. Hindutva is rising in US as well. >

Assholes in charge cannot abide their assholery being exposed.  It might disturb the little people. >

I'm Indian and I don't even need to watch it to know that he's not a nice human being.
It's disheartening that his party has basically weaponised religion and national identity and the opposition are a bunch of incompetent and corrupt fools.
My country is basically screwed. >

Modi, Bolsinaro, Trump, Putin, Orban all use the same political  playbook, which only has one play init: authoritarianism. >

Add Erdogan to that list and probably a lot more I've forgotten about or still don't know of. It makes the terms "populist" and "populism" sound ironic.
Duda/Morawiecki in Poland in trouble with EU for subverting the judiciary in Poland. >

Some elements of Indian society should be caste aside. >

Or else what exactly? did it or did it not happen? They'll counter with colonial information on the British pilferage of the Indian Sub Continent? They'll worsen their already worse diplomatic ties with them? They'll throw a hissy fit? I don't get it, if the BBC worked on a documentary that I now want to see, why is it so damaging, if it's not true counter it, if the evidence holds up well then fuck you should have the foresight to not be a dick if your ambition was the top seat of the country. >


Or else what exactly?

Well the specific threat here against the students is a combination of expulsion and criminal complaints. >

Porn is also illegal in my home country 🤷🏿‍♂️ and warrants criminal charges.
I promise you even the students who didn't know/care about it are going be curious now. >

I'm just responding to the "or else what" bit. My point was that the University is essentially threatening the students here. Its not going to just respond with nonsensical soundbytes. The point is to intimidate the students and prevent public discussion.
More will certainly be curious, but the logic here isn't to necessarily stop people watching it. But to prevent public discourse about it for fear of retaliation. >

Thanks for all the warning! Otherwise, I'd not have noticed that report. Now watching 🤣 >

never google BBC on a work computer, nope not the news...... >

well i guess i shall give it a good watch then! >

That’s exactly how you get everyone to watch it… >

I was surprised to learn that "the Internet Archive, which is a US-based non-profit library, removed the first part of the BBC documentary The Modi Question, according to a report by the Hindu." [1]
I haven't viewed the documentary, maybe I will have to see what all the fuss is about? >

Do you want Indian university students to watch the BBC documentary on Modi?  Because that's how you get Indian university students to watch the BBC documentary on Modi. >

Uh - sounds like it is Modi supporters that are the problem.  Nobody sitting on their rear end watching a documentary is disturbing anyone. >

Methinks he has something to hide >

Worth noting in posts about this, Modi’s far right, Hindu-fascist BJP has a very active and large internet operation. They swarm anything and everything political within India or about India. They’re here in this post already trying to spin the narrative. >

I Call them the „whatabout-army“ >

No that is a different army. They are also involved here, but this present army calls the opposition absent when in fact the first task of this army was to make sure the opposition seems absent by not allowing them to get time on TV or in papers since this army bought and took over all media outlets as step 1. The internet is the one place they cannot buy, so they try to keep instilling in every Indians head that the opposition sucks when in fact to the best of my knowledge the opposition in India has never fought as hard against a sitting government as they are right now at this very moment. 
Not just the opposition, the present government is trying to break down our court system so they can get more illiterate fools on the bench of the supreme court. In a first since Independence the council or whatever it is called listed out the reasons why the government is refusing to accept their candidate for a top position. The reason was nothing but bigotry. >

This might yet be the biggest experiment on the Streisand Effect. >


Modi's government has dismissed the documentary, which questioned his leadership during deadly riots in his home state of Gujarat in 2002, as "propaganda", blocked its airing and also barred sharing of any clips via social media in India.

Tell me you're an autocrat without using the word "autocrat." >

man i didn't even give a shit, now i want to see it >

It’s sad to see India devolve into ethnoreligious autocracy >

Dictators: Don't watch foreign stuff about me it's all lies.
Instead watch this great documentary we made about ourselves. >

Instructions unclear accidentally sent copies to Jamu and Kashmir >

nice “democracy” you have there india… is modi too frail & sensitive that his feelings will be hurt? >

An incredible documentary on the Butcher of Gujarat. >

Yup, that convinced me not to watch it. Said no one, ever. >

Barbara Streysand wants to say a Word ! >

If it's fake why government is so concern about it. >

Do Indian politicians not know how young people work? >

Getting some Streisand Effect vibes here. >

Telling teenagers and young adults not to do something... Yeah I can see that working perfectly. >

Shit, now I want to watch it. >

Before the warning, about 5% of the students would have watched it. Now, it's 100%. >

"Don't you dare watch it!"
Either this was done on purpose, or they really need to get with the times. >

Don't think about hippopotamuses! Whatever you do, don't think about  hippopotamuses! >

Do they not realize how weak it makes them look? >

They should’ve left it alone rather than going ballistic. Now everyone who wasn’t interested are gonna want to watch, haha! Mission accomplished >

The Streisand effect comes to Mumbai.  Streaming now. >

Its almost as if he wants indians to watch it as he will get more porpular - the original crime was to get elected anyway >

An example of the Streisand Effect. >

Modi should be using the documentary as an advertisement. This kind of genocide is exactly what turns on his supporter base. >

Idk why I initially read the title and thought of the other kind of BBC.. >

India not looking that great anymore for the world biggest "democracy" in the world >

Huh pure dictatorship .. >

That will inevitably make them all want to watch it. >

That’s a good way to make me wanna see the movie >

They just Streisanded the fuck out of this thing. Congrats. 
I had no idea it existed 30 seconds ago and now i am trying to find it. >

A great way to get people to watch it. People love stuff that is banned when they might not be too bothered otherwise. In the 1980s there was a book that was banned by the UK Government, it was called Spycatcher. Folks went to great lengths to get hold of a copy from abroad just to show off on their bookshelves without being too interested in actually reading it. >

Here is a very interesting completely random string of characters:
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EDIT: It has come to my attention that IPFS is total dogshit. Unrelated: here are two different, but equally interesting completely random strings of characters:
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Modi is a tyrant >

Definitely shows Indian leadership heading towards Fascism >

I'm sorry but India needs to grow up. So many cases of rape and female violence and an uncaring justice / police system. Caste systems where they genuinely believe are "lower" than them and get abused?
Fuck it. >

I love how people throw the word caste around, as if they know the ground reality, just mention about rapes, caste, scammer and you have a perfect portrayal of India. >

He's a phoney >

Fake democracy. >

I saw the documentary. Basically, Modi is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Muslims because it's alleged that he told the police not to intervene in Indian Nationalist riots where Hindus were indiscriminately raping and massacring Muslims in the early 2000s. And this was BEFORE he became the PM and was just a regional governor. He then goes on to do some more dumb shit as PM which I can't remember now but it becomes very apparent that he is a right wing nationalist and just doesn't have respect for Muslim lives. There is a lot more to it though and I am definitely not doing the documentary justice here.
Edit- The 2nd part of the documentary is genuinely coming on in 2 minutes. What a coincidence. >

so what about free speech and free press? >

The media and press is just dickriding him 24X7 >

Yea, if you have nothing to hide? Why not just let it air? 
Psychopath Modi and his band of killers. 
Gujarat should not only have been the end of his political career, he should have been brought to justice. 
In India he got promoted to Prime Minister. 
Secularism is up next, then civil war. >

The worlds largest democracy is looking a little iffy these days. Oh well, at least I know what I’m watching this weekend. >

Democracy? Lol. It's more like Idiocracy out here. Gotta get the fuck outta here before shit blows up. >

That's generally my advice to all my Muslim friends in India. This place is a ticking time bomb. >

This is some deliberate Streisand move by Modi and BJP. 
They can't openly publicize the documentary, so they try to ban it, causing more Indians to watch and support Modi more, because most Indians genuinely support Modi for his actions in Gujarat Riots. >

Now there's the India I know!
(Am Indian) >


The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the capital New Delhi had threatened disciplinary action if the documentary was screened, saying the move might disturb peace and harmony on campus.

Ah, yes. “Disturbing the peace.” Every tyrant’s go-to excuse when they want to justify the elimination of free expression and free assembly.

Modi's government has labelled the documentary, which questioned his leadership during deadly riots in his home state of Gujarat in 2002, as a "propaganda piece", blocked its airing and also barred sharing of any clips via social media in India.

He’s a tyrant and a coward. This is what tyrants and cowards do.
Someone else posted a link to the documentary, so I’m including it in my comments, too. Download it here. >

Bakhts (Indian nationalist) losing their shit right now. >

India: the land of pretending to care about freedom. >

It’s kinda funny in a way hearing Modi and India blame colonialism from 70 years ago. When currently the UK is one of the most multicultural countries in the entire world. Their current Prime Minister is of Indian descent and his father in law is an Indian Billionaire. >

Irony just killed itself. >

Yep. Tons of bots come out for India. Same with China based articles. It’s very obvious. >

If there’s something they don’t want you to see, it’s your responsibility to see it as soon as possible. >

Where can I watch the documentary? >

I didn’t know about this and now I can’t wait to watch it later, great job, Modi is pretty evil from what I’ve read >

India isn’t China: they don’t have the legal or technical apparatus to censor like China. It won’t be in the cinemas, but anyone that wants to watch it could fairly easily do. >


India isn’t China

Let’s be real if anyone knows how to work a VPN it’s a bunch of Indian guys 🏴‍☠️ >

Wouldn't want to hurt the baby's feelings would we? >

This makes me want to watch the documentary now and I wouldn't have otherwise even known it exists. >

Is the Streisand effect not a thing in India? >

I don’t like the potential trajectory of this… no one should be beyond criticism. >

Effect of Barbara Streisand. >

Streisand effect. Wonderful. >

First goal of facism is to quash dissenting  opinions and criticism. Anyone in power should be held in a spotlight. Even if supporters are in disagreement. As long as it is supported by provable facts. >

You know that means that they totally should screen it. Not just screen it, but play it in the middle of campus for all to see and hear. >

Good luck convincing over 1 billion people >

I hope this video goes viral everywhere >

If you want subtle control of propaganda or widespread dispersal of fact in a so called democracy, leverage the Streisand effect. If you want complete control of propaganda and suppression of fact, do what China or North Korea do. And the Streisand effect will work in those closed systems too, though nicely contained and controlled. Incessant gaslighting is also a favorite tool that achieves lopsided goals, just look at Russia or the Trump/Qanon examples. >

Take note. 
If you want people to watch or read something about you, tell them not to. >

Damn, Hoosiers. >

Whatever Democracies we had in this World is eroding before our eyes. >

I have no idea how the political landscape in India looks like, but this sounds like shifting towards nationalism somewhat. Which is always a losing move, leading to regressions, leading to more frustrated people, leading to more rightwing shit, … and so on in a vicious circle. >

I’m no geographicisist…but I’m pretty sure that the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi is located outside of the United States. >

Misread as "Indiana University."