Propaganda vs facts

Three journalists join forces to debunk viral falsehoods on topics like love jihad, population jihad, and forced conversions with straightforward facts in their new book

Love Jihad And Other Fictions: Simple Facts To Counter Viral Falsehoods

Authors: Sreenivasan Jain, Mariyam Alavi, Supriya Sharma

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Pages: 183

Price: Rs 799

The Hindu right wing has worked hard in recent years at keeping its propaganda germane to the political narrative. By the time its ideological rivals believe they have marshalled and disseminated the facts to dispel a set of myths it propagates, the Hindu right wing shapeshifts to stoke public rage or sympathy for another strand.

Take the growth of the Muslim and Christian populations. After decades, the Hindu right wing has accepted, when countered with Census data,