Crowdfunding and secular ripoff artists 1. In 2018 I wrote…

2. He said, "You must not write such articles without proof." That's laughable. I need to provide proof about my own life? Low IQ seculars on a separate level of existence. Self-entitled and selfish, they think the world owes them bigtime.

3. He then took another approach. "He's your father, you must not expose him like that." So I must keep quiet if my dad is a traitor and wants the breakup of India? The reason he supports my father is he was an SFI member in college. He uses the SFI logo as his profile pic on FB.

4. Since my father is a diehard CPM supporter, this editor felt close kinship with him. The reason I have built this background is to show where these seculars and leftist douchebags come from. Their state of mind. Their narrow worldview. Their biases.

5. For an hour he tried to convince me to come over to the left ecosystem. He said being an Avarna (Ezhava) I had nothing in common with Namboodiri Brahmins and Nairs and that I must fight them because they opposed temple entry of the Avarnas until 1930s. Ironically, he is Nair.

6. I said, I have no beef with Brahmins or Savarnas because I never felt different from them. I'd rather support Brahmins who are nationalist than Ezhavas, 60% of whom support CPM. At this point he used the Indian equivalent of Godwin's Law: "You are totally brainwashed by RSS."

7. According to Godwin's Law, the longer an argument goes on, the higher the probability becomes that something or someone will be compared to Adolf Hitler. In India, the longer an argument goes on, and the leftist fool loses the argument, be or she will say, "You are Sanghi."

8. He then said, "Do come over for lunch some day." I declined the fake invite and asked what plans he had careerwise. I knew the financial daily he headed had a reputation for sacking editors like an assembly line. He said, "I'm quitting soon and plan to start an NGO." Perfect.

9. The NGO is the last refuge of the scoundrel journalist. It's perfect for duping the public and carrying on their nefarious activities as they did in the media where blackmail is routine.

10. He said he and two others (one an economist named Sircar, and a journalist) would be co-founders. Their plan was to get funds using their network of connections in the World Bank, Congress Party, Trinamool, SP, CPM, Chinese embassy, World Vision, Ford Foundation and so on.

11. I asked what would be the agenda, apart from Breaking India. He laughed, "You can mock us, but I'll be driving a Mercedes soon." Their plan was to produce banal, non-controversial reports on public policy that nobody would pay much attention to.

So what's the point?

12. The point of this exercise was to pay fat salaries to the 3 directors, travel business class, hold meetings in luxury hotels, buy expensive vehicles, mobiles and fancy equipment (for depreciation income) and get rich. And send off a few press releases if time permitted.

13. I knew this sort of ecosystem existed all over the world, but coming from someone I knew personally, someone who was once a close friend and confidant, someone who was a sort of guide on how to survive an industry dominated by really terrible humans, was gobsmacking.

14. Over the years, I've seen a line of journalists quit the media jump over to the NGO bandwagon. The reasons charlatans like Saket Gokhale, Rana Ayyub and Shehla Rashid find it so easy to raise money are as follows:

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▶️Seculars will pay if you assure the money will be used to target RSS/BJP/Modi.
▶️India's collective IQ is 80. Seculars, leftists probably have 70 IQ which borders on imbecility. A fool and his money are soon parted.
▶️Even nationalist Indians pay outfits such as Wikipedia.

16. Ripoff artists thrive on the gullibility of the masses. Of the Rs 76 lakh (and perhaps more) that Saket Gokhale sponged off the public, I'm guessing Rs 20 lakh came from the pockets of nationalist Indians wanting to help an unemployed young man with good intentions.

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Crowdfunding and secular ripoff artists

1. In 2018 I wrote "Dangerous Liaisons: When your father is an Urban Naxal". Link below. After it went crazy viral, I got a message on FB from someone I had unfriended long ago. He was the editor of a Delhi

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Crowdfunding and secular ripoff artists

1. In 2018 I wrote "Dangerous Liaisons: When your father is an Urban Naxal". Link below. After it went crazy viral, I got a message on FB from someone I had unfriended long ago. He was the editor of a Delhi