Massachusetts-based photographer Bimal Nepal has had a strange Diwali this year. A photograph of lamps that he had posted on Flickr in 2012 has been copied without permission – by the Prime Minister (or more specifically, his PR team), who modified it slightly before posting it on the official Narendra Modi Facebook page on October 21st. The Prime Minister’s post has gathered close to half a million ‘Likes’ over two days. Nepal posted on Facebook that while he was honoured that...
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