In this edition: Web users in the US exposing frauds impersonating soldiers; an Indian actress pens an open letter denouncing sexual violence; and a farmer using music to herd his cows.
USA: WEB USERS EXPOSE SOLDIER IMPERSONATORS
Caught on camera at the end of November, this video, which has been doing the rounds online, shows a man dressed as a soldier being exposed as a fake by a shopper in a U.S. shopping mall. The man was not a member of the army, but was wearing a military uniform and medals with the intention of gaining tangible benefits from stores. This is not an isolated incident in the US, far from it. And a lot of web users have taken to the net to out these impostors.
Indeed, netizens have been investigating and then blowing the whistle on these individuals who pretend to be soldiers and lie about their work and heroics on the battlefield. The administrators of guardianofvalor.com for example are posting photos along with the names of these famous phonies.
Naming and shaming is also underway on Facebook. There are now a number of pages on the social network gathering accounts from Americans who have come across these men or women trying to pass themselves off as soldiers back from the frontline.
As the site fakewarriors.org reports, some of these frauds are orchestrating real rip offs. The site claims several con artists have manipulated people`s trust in American GIs to get money out of them, before disappearing off the face of the earth.
ACTRESS CALLS TO END SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN INDIA
Bollywood actress and model Shenaz Treasurywala wrote an open letter to India`s Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week calling on him to take action to stop the country`s endemic sexual violence. She also recounted her own experiences of sexual ha... Go on reading on our web site.
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