An investigation by Bangladesh's Prothom Alo has uncovered a troubling practice: Chinese content creators filming poor neighbourhoods in Dhaka while telling audiences they are watching life in India's capital. The deception raises serious questions about how India's image is being manipulated online. Imagine watching a livestream from what appears to be a poor neighbourhood in New Delhi. The streets are narrow, houses have tin roofs, drains run beside crowded homes, and peopl

When regulation of foreign money is portrayed as repression, the debate is no longer merely about compliance—it becomes a contest over sovereignty, influence and who gets to define democratic legitimacy. The Battle Over India’s Financial Sovereignty India’s Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act has increasingly become more than a domestic regulatory framework. It has turned into an international narrative battleground in which New Delhi’s attempts to regulate foreign funding