What went unnoticed at least initially, however, was that most visuals that the video passed off as India’s achievements under Modi in various spheres were apparently taken from other countries.
It started with a thread on Twitter when user @SandyGrains wondered if anyone had started listing out things in the video that were not Indian.
HAHAHA. Just saw the Nahilani Modi video. Has anyone made a list of all the things in it that's not Indian? Because I have one.
— Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015
First, it was something from Dubai and France that came to light.
That's expressway construction in Dubai. pic.twitter.com/S7gC0cso7E
— Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015
That's Tour de France pic.twitter.com/Z6yF67X1wF
— Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015
Soon, others joined in, pointing out other instances too. Like an aircraft, which apparently belongs to the US Navy.
Censor Board Chief Nihalani pays video tribute to Modi, except with a @USNavy F-14 Tomcat. https://t.co/qgc4U05OJu pic.twitter.com/1UEU9Krmzu
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) November 13, 2015
Even the business centre showed in the video was not in India, as per this Twitter user.
That's Moscow's International Business Centre. pic.twitter.com/FA2RxVLFtg
— Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015
Nor did the space shuttles and satellites.
That's NASA's Atlantis space shuttle with the NASA logo photoshopped out. pic.twitter.com/fSBjyFPKYW
— Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015
That's most std ever stock photo of "solar panels & wind turbines" from California. I mean even *i* have used this. pic.twitter.com/FSEjLBhGTn
— Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015
The list did not end there. The International Space Station also appeared plastered with the Make In India symbol in the video.
That's the International Space Station, FFS. You can't point at it, put a lion on it, & say "Yeh kamal hai Modi ka." pic.twitter.com/ThpQg5kpTf
— Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015
(Or the Chinese station, I could be wrong) But it's definitely not made in India.
— Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015
That's the Discovery shuttle. At least find stuff people can't recognise on sight. pic.twitter.com/g4hP3RdndY
— Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015
While the warship carrier appeared to be INS Vikramaditya to those on Twitter, the flag made things dubious.
And I think that's INS Vikramaditya, but that flag... pic.twitter.com/nBxbr5pixs
— Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015
@sandygrains Formerly known as the Admiral Gorshkov, made in Russia. IIRC, purchased in 2004 by prev NDA gov, delivered in 2013, pre-Modi :)
— Peter Griffin (@zigzackly) November 15, 2015
Okay that's all I've got. There are other things like fields and cities which I couldn't recognise but it doesn't matter. What a joke.
— Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015
@sandygrains looks like whole video had nothing Indian in it
— The ღ (@brokesilver) November 15, 2015
However, the listing did not go down well with some, as people started trolling @sandygrains.
@sandygrains hi. I have some Mumbai locations as a part of treasure hunt for kid's school. Can I share with you to locate those?
— Navratna Wayne (@psubatman) November 15, 2015
And to top it all, @Sandygrains tweeted that her tweets were now being copied and pasted in YouTube comments under the video.
Hey cool, my tweets are appearing as comments on the video now. I mean, irony just killed itself...
— Sandy (@sandygrains) November 15, 2015
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