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Indian govt uses stock photo of Nepal in 'Incredible India' ad

Nepalis call out Indian government for using an image of Annapurna mountain range which is actually in Nepal

News Desk August 17, 2016

Nepalis began calling out the Indian government for using an image of mountain range which is actually in Nepal PHOTO: Rajesh Shrestha/Facebook

The Indian government was left red faced after it turned out that a poster used in an ‘Incredible India’ campaign had an image of the Annapurna mountain range in Pokhara, Nepal.

The news of the image being incorrectly used by the Indian government first became known when a Nepali man, Rajesh Shrestha, posted on his Facebook account on Monday with the caption, “This is a sign in front of Indian embassy in Warsaw. Guess, we Nepalese really have to teach Indian government some geography. Since when Annapurna range is located in India??”

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Soon, Nepalis began calling out the Indian government for using the image which is actually a stock photo on the website Shutterstock, filed under ‘Young woman is practicing yoga against Himalaya mountains.’

The poster appears to have been around since last year and the photo in the tweet below shows the Indian ambassador to Poland posing with Amitabh Kant, the man behind the country’s ‘Incredible India’ campaign.

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https://twitter.com/AnupKaphle/status/765485603328843776

is this legit? Apparently Indian Embassy in Poland is advertising "incredible india" using images from Nepal pic.twitter.com/di7nBWJbaN
— Shashank Shrestha (@shashankji) August 16, 2016

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Indian ambassador to Poland, Ajay Bisaria, soon took to Twitter to apologise for the mistake, clarifying the image was provided by an outsourced company. The poster has now been removed.

https://twitter.com/Ajaybis/status/765560557063856128

This article originally appeared on BuzzFeed.

COMMENTS (24)

Kushal | 8 years ago | Reply My pleasure. And thank you Jinnah for saving us from the population who thinks that organisations around the world grow big by employing people on fake CVs.

Big mouth | 8 years ago | Reply Oh now I understand how Indians get high stake jobs in big organisations. Thank you for telling the secret. @Kushal:

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Kushal | 8 years ago | Reply @Big mouth: Certainly. What else can a nation do when it is created on the basis of fake ideology.

Big mouth | 8 years ago | Reply You mean to say on fake resume?@Kushal:

Kushal | 8 years ago | Reply @FAZ: Glad that you said that. Now listen to me. India is an ideological state, just like Pakistan. Ideologies can be different from you but still it is an ideological state. It is this ideology which binds 1 billion people, who are 100 times more diverse than Pakistan, under one umbrella. That means anyone, especially in this subcontinent, can be part of India if he or she subscribe to this ideology.

Kushal | 8 years ago | Reply @Shameless: Yes and how many CEOs of MNCs do you have Mr. IT Superpower?

FAZ | 8 years ago | Reply @Kushal: Geophysics prove that all continents were one millions of years ago. And since Mahabharat is billions of year old civilization so you should be claiming not just Nepal. The whole world is just India!

Shameless | 8 years ago | Reply Nothing new. Indians put fake experience on their resume and this is how they become "IT India"

Khilari | 8 years ago | Reply As if India has won basket load of gold medals with 118 athletes! Narcissist.@Noddy:

Really fed up | 8 years ago | Reply Have you forgotten Arab Muslim invaders? They never left dear.You people deserve another invasion to jog up your memory.@Another Indian:

Noddy | 8 years ago | Reply @pakistani bloach: Speaks the person of a nation, where not a single person qualified for olympics !

Noddy | 8 years ago | Reply Those are mountains visible from Nanda Devi National Park ! not nepal, looks similar, i can give you that !

Amar | 8 years ago | Reply Come ON! what the heck is wrong with these Indians, first Pakistani Jet Photoshopped and now this! I guess the Indian Government has hired some interns for designing these ads.

umar | 8 years ago | Reply @Kushal 'I am laughing.......may be Nepalis too'

pakistani bloach | 8 years ago | Reply So which athlete pic they going to use to tell the world how forward india had moved? they took pakistani jet, nepal's mountains. Well next is china now. Super power of 1.2 billion could not win a single medal lol

Sandeep Patil | 8 years ago | Reply Frankly speaking we Indians (including myself) are not insync with the common culture the world follows. We think that we are very superior and the world is nothing compared to us. This olympics is a proof of our complexes. Copying pasteing others work is our trade mark.

nasir ali khan | 8 years ago | Reply @Kushal: DAy dreaming is bad for physical as well as mental health.

Pakistani-Khi | 8 years ago | Reply @FAZ: hahahaha

Another Indian | 8 years ago | Reply Pakistanis think they are Arabs...This is nothing close to that. Mistakes are human. Move on.

Khan | 8 years ago | Reply That's exactly how these thousands of INDIANS, leaving slum for better living, search for Jobs in western world. Most of their resumes are stuffed with false and copied experiences. They show their reality during the first week of work.

Unknown | 8 years ago | Reply More than tourism they need education

Kushal | 8 years ago | Reply So what? Nepal is part of Greater India.

FAZ | 8 years ago | Reply First JF 17 and now this I wonder someday Nawaz will be shown as PM of India!

Patriot | 8 years ago | Reply Cheaters will continue cheating wherever they can in every possible way.

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