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Several American X accounts recently used Rajendra Panchal's old photos to post racist content targeting Indians, calling them job-stealers.

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00:00This picture is everywhere on social media right now, a man with a severely deformed
00:08jaw. It's been shared across Promaga accounts, immigration threads, all claiming that this
00:13is the kind of Indians coming to take American jobs. The image has gone viral, but almost
00:18everything being said about it is wrong. The man in that picture isn't an immigrant,
00:23he isn't even from the US. He is Rajinder Panchal, a resident of Pune. Rajinder's
00:27jaw wasn't always like this. When he was just one year old, he fell and fractured it,
00:32an injury that went untreated because his family couldn't afford medical care. Over the years,
00:37the joint fused to his skull, a condition known as TMJ ankylosis. For nearly 38 years, he could
00:42barely open his mouth. He lived on liquids, struggled to speak and avoided public spaces
00:47because of his appearance. In 2017, Pune surgeon Dr. Samir Gandhi performed a free surgery that
00:53finally released his fused jaw. That pre-surgery photo, the one now going viral, is being used
00:58without context or consent. Online, nobody knows his story. Instead, Rajinder's old picture
01:04has been twisted into a meme. Slurs like Pajit, racist comments about genetic inferiority, jabs
01:09about hygiene, curry, skin tone and the replies are a stem of racist caricatures. But this isn't
01:15random. A study by a Washington DC-based organization, Center for the Study of Organized Hit, shows a major
01:20spike in anti-Indian posts on American social media. 680 high-engagement posts targeting Indians
01:26between July and September 2025. Nearly 70% framed Indians as invaders, replacement or job thieves.
01:33A man, who struggled for decades just to open his mouth, is now being used to spread hate in a
01:38country he has never visited. His photo went viral, but his story didn't. And that gap is where
01:43misinformation thrives.
01:46Law.
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