Tracking a viral WhatsApp message in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba
A temple. A pujari ji. A shape-shifting bird. The promise of prosperity.
These were the elements of a WhatsApp message that was shared over 10 groups with 100 to 150 members each, across the Belatal kasbah of Mahoba district in Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh. Structured in the usual ‘Send this to five friends and watch your luck turn overnight’ vein, the message was different in one interesting aspect: It listed the names of actual people who had so far benefitted from the good fate promised in the text.
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