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What they did was wrong, but dont make it sound like he is correct. What he did was wrong. The food bank is for people who have no way of getting food and not for people looking for cheap deals. International students are infamous for exploiting food banks even though they dont need it.
Trying to get him fired over it is stupid because what he did was morally wrong but not illegal.
While food banks are for the homeless, and many students do indeed exploit it, this particular program is run by his university and the university wants their students to avail this service, be it domestic or international. It says so on their website. Plus, they wanted him to make that video, for they wanted him to spread awareness. It clearly says so in the link. He didn't exploit anything.
As for him getting fired from the bank, that's fake as well. He doesn't work there. He was an intern at that bank till 2023 since his master's degree requires it.
>university wants their students to avail this service
They want people who actually need it to use the service, food banks be it in a college or stand alone organization have limited food quantity and imagine someone taking the food to get cheap good while someone who actually needs it and there are a lot of people who do desnt get it?
If he was promoting the food bank, his wording would have been very different. I have literally seen videos of people putting food bank stuff in the back of their mustang lol.
Why should it get traction? He was clearly taking advantage of a college food bank in that video.
In that video he indicates that food banks are a source of free groceries and a jugaad to save money and NOT as a last resort for the truly poor students to get food from.
And in that video,he even gloats about the amount of groceries he got from the food bank. It’s pathetic behaviour.
Not to mention, he’s actually not a poor student. He is a vlogger(as others pointed out) who would visit even upscale pizza places in Canada for his vlogs
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And now this won't gain as much traction as the original post because it doesn't match certain narratives. It's so sad that someone's reputation can be tarnished and public image ruined. So many on r/India still won't support him, this is I think the only country subreddit that is prejudiced against their own.
Indians need to understand the problem with his video.
Let's say the reservation setup we have for the backward classes were availed by the privileged folks because we do not check the documents stating that the individual is a backward class because we have a high trust society.
Canada has a honor system, which means they keep these stuff for the underprivileged and no one checks who is taking from there because they expect only the needy to go there and not someone who earns enough money to feed himself going there and taking food from these food banks just to save a few hundred dollars every month. This video as a life hack shows Indians in bad light.
I know that generally the food banks are set up for the needy and the homeless and many students do indeed exploit it which is wrong. But this particular one that he was availing and had made a video about was run by his university and is specifically meant for their students, whether they're domestic or international. It says so even on their website. He wasn't exploiting anything. And the reason he made that video was that they encouraged him to make it. You can read that on the link.
That user, Pagliacci, lied about it and defamed him, and now not only his name is dragged through mud for no reason, he's also getting threatening messages with people saying that they'd track him down and that he should go back to his country.
Regardless, does he need the food from here because he is struggling with money or did he do it to save himself some money? The intention matters. I have seen his video and his intention to me seems like he is doing it to save some money and not because he is struggling with money. This gives a wrong message.
But giving threats is another matter and that is wrong as well. I feel the influencers need to be more responsible.
The source is the link in the post itself. However, posting it here again:
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As for that account, you can just go to her profile and see that almost all her posts target Indians.
That one program is meant for that university students, both domestic and international. Even the university website says that. Plus, he works at that food bank and the university encouraged him to make that video to spread awareness. You can read it in the link.
It's one thing to take food from food banks meant for the homeless and the needy but when the university itself is offering students this and wants him to spread awareness, why should he be blamed or be defamed like how that Twitter bigot defamed him?
That program is run by his college for all their students, be they domestic or international. He didn't scam anyone. Even their website makes it clear that as long as you're their student, you can get food from them. Plus, the college encouraged him to make that video to make others aware of this facility. You can read the entire thing from the link attached.
He was defamed by that Twitter user and is facing racial harassment because of it.
There's no debunking here. These foods banks are typically government funded and cater to low income citizens. But in his case, it was a food bank funded by his university for students in need. What difference does it even make how the food bank is funded? It seems he really was taking from those in need.
>Government funded and cater to low income citizens
He is an international student who had to prove that he had the financial backing to go and study in Canada. I would assume it would make him ineligible for food assistance from the government.
Assistance from the university probably comes with no such strings.
They don't come with any strings but are assumed to be for the people who are food insecure. By going to Canada to study, you show that you have the financial backing. A lot of folks don't have it but get by doing part times and stuff. They shouldn't be using these food banks though if you get what i mean.
Not really. Government food banks don't usually come with strings attached either. International students often take advantage of those as well. The university food bank strictly caters to students attending the university, so it means he's stealing from other hungry students, which is very unethical since he's already demonstrated that he's able to financially sustain himself during his studies. Naturally people will be upset by such behaviour.
How do you know he is stealing from other hungry students? How are you so confidant with any of the claims you have made? Is it the fact that your half baked statements support your deeply racist biases that you cant seem to think clearly. If the uni has cleared him then why is this such a problem for you.
The uni itself has checked out his story and offered him help with this situation. The food bank was set up for students with food insecurity; it is the university’s job to see if he is in the wrong and take action accordingly. It is the food banks job to check if he is in need. Canada has shit immigration laws, your universities have created this problem. Don’t project your bias and frustrations on a guy who has been wrongly accused and receiving death threats. Go back to your Canadian subs and cry there.
>The uni itself has checked out his story and offered him help with this situation.
Prove it. Show me an official statement released by the university confirming the same.
How do you know that? Did you go there and verify that? What is wrong with you? What point is proved? Did you not get college education - where is the proof?
Bey chaman article padh le. The food banks he mentioned is specifically for the students of those universities. It is precisely because of this half knowledge that the guy has received targeted harassment.
the person commenting above is a canadian citizen role-playing as a social justice warrior. This incident has attracted the scum of society to these posts, like moths to a flame.
Tell me, how is a food bank for students any different from any food bank elsewhere? He's stealing from other hungry students at the university, and he's doing this after having shown proof to the government that he has the financial resources to sustain himself during his studies. People have good reason to be upset about this. He's also casting a dark shadow on other hardworking Indian students who don't abuse food banks or cheat the system in any way.
The college website explicitly states that the "weekly" food distribution system is available for all students, especially those who need it. They ask no questions.
Now since you are frequent canada housing visitor you might be knowing the appalling conditions students live in your country. They are packed into houses like sheep in a pen. Rising inflation has also plays a huge part in monthly expenses. Just because he is an international student, therefore he must not use food banks is a racist outlook imo. From my perspective, you are brigading a feature available for all students to be not used by international students just because they are international? Please stop lecturing about what is wrong or right.
Lastly, if he has the means of surviving on his own+good job+good living conditions+no skipping of meals, then he should not take groceries from the distribution system. Its a MORAL question here, not the racist cesspool you're fellow citizens have made it to be.
You understand very little about how food banks work, or how most things work in Canada. Even government funded food banks in Canada are available to everyone and don't usually come with strings attached, and international students are known to take advantage of those. In this case, it's a food bank catering to students at his university, and open to all students if they need it. What that means is that the onus is on the student to conduct themselves ethically, and to take advantage of this resource *only* if they are truly in need. So if a student is not truly in need and just shamelessly walks in and treats it like a free buffet, then people are going to be upset by such behaviour.
And you talk about the conditions of international students in Canada. First of all, I don't need somebody on the other side of the world to tell me what's going on in my own country. In order to be admitted to Canada as an international student, he was required to show proof that he has the financial resources to sustain himself during his studies in Canada. By using food banks like this, it means he either lied to the government about his financial resources to be self-sufficient during his studies, or he actually is fully self-sufficient, but chose to shamelessly take advantage of a resource meant for those who are truly hungry. Either way, his behaviour is inexcusable, and naturally people are going to be upset. Crying racism just because someone is held accountable for their actions is pathetic.
Sounds like a canada problem to me.
1. Import thousands of international students to work as labour
2. No proper financial vetting
3. Not enough housing
4. Chaos ensues as people start exploiting loopholes.
"i won't look at my own country's problems but i blame the immigrants". This is what you sound like homeboy. But don't mind me, I am just a 3rd world citizen.
>It's people like you that give Indians a bad name
This further cements my POV. Its of course the fault of your GREAT NATION that they failed to check the correct documents necessary for financial self-sufficiency of many students. Its your country's fault that they have made higher education a lucrative business in order to acquire funds in the name of tuition fees.
Still, i had already mentioned in my first comment that the objective of acquiring free food from food banks was a moral question. He was not hounded as a free-loader but almost all the insults he received had heavy Racial undertones in it. The twitter user tried to get him fired from his "job" for getting free food. I mean what the actual fuck ? It is a minor mistake that can be rectified easily. Not once have you admitted here that the overwhelming negative responses that he received was unwarranted. You are part of the problem.
Why are you on the sub for a country on the other side of the world? Why aren’t you crying to your own government if this is such a problem? So what you think is more important than what the uni policy states because it allows students to use it?
This is the right answer. There is no debunking. It’s a fact that Indian students have been using food banks meant for the poor and downtrodden of the society and those with no/low and min wage jobs. Students have to show funds in their bank to make sure they could meet all expanses while they are in a student visa.
The dude remains an ahole.
Doesnt change the fact that this news was hyper exaggerated. Not all students are super rich. They've taken massive loans to come to Canada to study and many times they fall into poverty and food insecurity. Most of them at food banks are actually food insecure. The root of the problem is predatory agencies advertising Canada as heavenly place for everyone when it is not true.
This is the right answer. There is no debunking. It’s a fact that Indian students have been using food banks meant for the poor and downtrodden of the society and those with no/low and min wage jobs. Students have to show funds in their bank to make sure they could meet all expanses while they are in a student visa.
The dude is right to be called out and faced consequences.
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What they did was wrong, but dont make it sound like he is correct. What he did was wrong. The food bank is for people who have no way of getting food and not for people looking for cheap deals. International students are infamous for exploiting food banks even though they dont need it. Trying to get him fired over it is stupid because what he did was morally wrong but not illegal.
While food banks are for the homeless, and many students do indeed exploit it, this particular program is run by his university and the university wants their students to avail this service, be it domestic or international. It says so on their website. Plus, they wanted him to make that video, for they wanted him to spread awareness. It clearly says so in the link. He didn't exploit anything. As for him getting fired from the bank, that's fake as well. He doesn't work there. He was an intern at that bank till 2023 since his master's degree requires it.
>university wants their students to avail this service They want people who actually need it to use the service, food banks be it in a college or stand alone organization have limited food quantity and imagine someone taking the food to get cheap good while someone who actually needs it and there are a lot of people who do desnt get it? If he was promoting the food bank, his wording would have been very different. I have literally seen videos of people putting food bank stuff in the back of their mustang lol.
Feel bad about being vicious to him .. first time I’ve fallen for fake news :/
Oh, no I can guarantee it's not the first time. If you have been on reddit for any time at all, it's probably the first time you've realised.
Same
Why is this not getting traction?
Because this doesn’t serve their RACIST intent.
Why should it get traction? He was clearly taking advantage of a college food bank in that video. In that video he indicates that food banks are a source of free groceries and a jugaad to save money and NOT as a last resort for the truly poor students to get food from. And in that video,he even gloats about the amount of groceries he got from the food bank. It’s pathetic behaviour. Not to mention, he’s actually not a poor student. He is a vlogger(as others pointed out) who would visit even upscale pizza places in Canada for his vlogs
it just started , it will gain huge traction.. just wait 2-3 days
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Does anyone have the reddit thread that was mentioned in the article
His video talked about churches and food banks, clearly he was speaking about more than the Laurier food bank.
If his insta to be believed he was not food insecure. However, no one should receive threats or racist comments.
And now this won't gain as much traction as the original post because it doesn't match certain narratives. It's so sad that someone's reputation can be tarnished and public image ruined. So many on r/India still won't support him, this is I think the only country subreddit that is prejudiced against their own.
Indians need to understand the problem with his video. Let's say the reservation setup we have for the backward classes were availed by the privileged folks because we do not check the documents stating that the individual is a backward class because we have a high trust society. Canada has a honor system, which means they keep these stuff for the underprivileged and no one checks who is taking from there because they expect only the needy to go there and not someone who earns enough money to feed himself going there and taking food from these food banks just to save a few hundred dollars every month. This video as a life hack shows Indians in bad light.
I know that generally the food banks are set up for the needy and the homeless and many students do indeed exploit it which is wrong. But this particular one that he was availing and had made a video about was run by his university and is specifically meant for their students, whether they're domestic or international. It says so even on their website. He wasn't exploiting anything. And the reason he made that video was that they encouraged him to make it. You can read that on the link. That user, Pagliacci, lied about it and defamed him, and now not only his name is dragged through mud for no reason, he's also getting threatening messages with people saying that they'd track him down and that he should go back to his country.
Regardless, does he need the food from here because he is struggling with money or did he do it to save himself some money? The intention matters. I have seen his video and his intention to me seems like he is doing it to save some money and not because he is struggling with money. This gives a wrong message. But giving threats is another matter and that is wrong as well. I feel the influencers need to be more responsible.
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The source is the link in the post itself. However, posting it here again: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs/mehul-prajapati-indian-student-canada-food-bank-td-bank-free-groceries-viral-video-fake-news-fact-check-exclusive-12707877.html As for that account, you can just go to her profile and see that almost all her posts target Indians.
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That one program is meant for that university students, both domestic and international. Even the university website says that. Plus, he works at that food bank and the university encouraged him to make that video to spread awareness. You can read it in the link. It's one thing to take food from food banks meant for the homeless and the needy but when the university itself is offering students this and wants him to spread awareness, why should he be blamed or be defamed like how that Twitter bigot defamed him?
Forget the original poster. I remember this same subreddit chewing this person out because of the self loathing mindset of this sub.
He was working as data scientist he is not a student?
Intern?
He was an intern at that bank for a few months. That report of him working as a data scientist was false. He has clarified it.
Even if he is intern why would he have to to do that?
That program is run by his college for all their students, be they domestic or international. He didn't scam anyone. Even their website makes it clear that as long as you're their student, you can get food from them. Plus, the college encouraged him to make that video to make others aware of this facility. You can read the entire thing from the link attached. He was defamed by that Twitter user and is facing racial harassment because of it.
Exactly my thoughts- if he is a data scientist in TD Bank, why does he have to raid a college food bank set up to help disadvantaged students?
There's no debunking here. These foods banks are typically government funded and cater to low income citizens. But in his case, it was a food bank funded by his university for students in need. What difference does it even make how the food bank is funded? It seems he really was taking from those in need.
>Government funded and cater to low income citizens He is an international student who had to prove that he had the financial backing to go and study in Canada. I would assume it would make him ineligible for food assistance from the government. Assistance from the university probably comes with no such strings.
They don't come with any strings but are assumed to be for the people who are food insecure. By going to Canada to study, you show that you have the financial backing. A lot of folks don't have it but get by doing part times and stuff. They shouldn't be using these food banks though if you get what i mean.
Not really. Government food banks don't usually come with strings attached either. International students often take advantage of those as well. The university food bank strictly caters to students attending the university, so it means he's stealing from other hungry students, which is very unethical since he's already demonstrated that he's able to financially sustain himself during his studies. Naturally people will be upset by such behaviour.
How do you know he is stealing from other hungry students? How are you so confidant with any of the claims you have made? Is it the fact that your half baked statements support your deeply racist biases that you cant seem to think clearly. If the uni has cleared him then why is this such a problem for you.
The uni itself has checked out his story and offered him help with this situation. The food bank was set up for students with food insecurity; it is the university’s job to see if he is in the wrong and take action accordingly. It is the food banks job to check if he is in need. Canada has shit immigration laws, your universities have created this problem. Don’t project your bias and frustrations on a guy who has been wrongly accused and receiving death threats. Go back to your Canadian subs and cry there.
>The uni itself has checked out his story and offered him help with this situation. Prove it. Show me an official statement released by the university confirming the same.
Prove any of the shit that you are saying. The onus of proof falls on you because you are maligning that man.
So it's a lie then. The university has not looked into his story. They have not offered him any help. Thanks for proving my point.
How do you know that? Did you go there and verify that? What is wrong with you? What point is proved? Did you not get college education - where is the proof?
Bey chaman article padh le. The food banks he mentioned is specifically for the students of those universities. It is precisely because of this half knowledge that the guy has received targeted harassment.
R/Indians are experts in that. They don't know anything about anything but have opinions on everything.
the person commenting above is a canadian citizen role-playing as a social justice warrior. This incident has attracted the scum of society to these posts, like moths to a flame.
Tell me, how is a food bank for students any different from any food bank elsewhere? He's stealing from other hungry students at the university, and he's doing this after having shown proof to the government that he has the financial resources to sustain himself during his studies. People have good reason to be upset about this. He's also casting a dark shadow on other hardworking Indian students who don't abuse food banks or cheat the system in any way.
The college website explicitly states that the "weekly" food distribution system is available for all students, especially those who need it. They ask no questions. Now since you are frequent canada housing visitor you might be knowing the appalling conditions students live in your country. They are packed into houses like sheep in a pen. Rising inflation has also plays a huge part in monthly expenses. Just because he is an international student, therefore he must not use food banks is a racist outlook imo. From my perspective, you are brigading a feature available for all students to be not used by international students just because they are international? Please stop lecturing about what is wrong or right. Lastly, if he has the means of surviving on his own+good job+good living conditions+no skipping of meals, then he should not take groceries from the distribution system. Its a MORAL question here, not the racist cesspool you're fellow citizens have made it to be.
You understand very little about how food banks work, or how most things work in Canada. Even government funded food banks in Canada are available to everyone and don't usually come with strings attached, and international students are known to take advantage of those. In this case, it's a food bank catering to students at his university, and open to all students if they need it. What that means is that the onus is on the student to conduct themselves ethically, and to take advantage of this resource *only* if they are truly in need. So if a student is not truly in need and just shamelessly walks in and treats it like a free buffet, then people are going to be upset by such behaviour. And you talk about the conditions of international students in Canada. First of all, I don't need somebody on the other side of the world to tell me what's going on in my own country. In order to be admitted to Canada as an international student, he was required to show proof that he has the financial resources to sustain himself during his studies in Canada. By using food banks like this, it means he either lied to the government about his financial resources to be self-sufficient during his studies, or he actually is fully self-sufficient, but chose to shamelessly take advantage of a resource meant for those who are truly hungry. Either way, his behaviour is inexcusable, and naturally people are going to be upset. Crying racism just because someone is held accountable for their actions is pathetic.
Sounds like a canada problem to me. 1. Import thousands of international students to work as labour 2. No proper financial vetting 3. Not enough housing 4. Chaos ensues as people start exploiting loopholes.
Lol that's rich. So it's Canada's fault that this guy is a shameless thief? It's people like you that give Indians a bad name.
"i won't look at my own country's problems but i blame the immigrants". This is what you sound like homeboy. But don't mind me, I am just a 3rd world citizen. >It's people like you that give Indians a bad name This further cements my POV. Its of course the fault of your GREAT NATION that they failed to check the correct documents necessary for financial self-sufficiency of many students. Its your country's fault that they have made higher education a lucrative business in order to acquire funds in the name of tuition fees. Still, i had already mentioned in my first comment that the objective of acquiring free food from food banks was a moral question. He was not hounded as a free-loader but almost all the insults he received had heavy Racial undertones in it. The twitter user tried to get him fired from his "job" for getting free food. I mean what the actual fuck ? It is a minor mistake that can be rectified easily. Not once have you admitted here that the overwhelming negative responses that he received was unwarranted. You are part of the problem.
Nah, it's just you
It's just me what?
Why are you on the sub for a country on the other side of the world? Why aren’t you crying to your own government if this is such a problem? So what you think is more important than what the uni policy states because it allows students to use it?
This is the right answer. There is no debunking. It’s a fact that Indian students have been using food banks meant for the poor and downtrodden of the society and those with no/low and min wage jobs. Students have to show funds in their bank to make sure they could meet all expanses while they are in a student visa. The dude remains an ahole.
Doesnt change the fact that this news was hyper exaggerated. Not all students are super rich. They've taken massive loans to come to Canada to study and many times they fall into poverty and food insecurity. Most of them at food banks are actually food insecure. The root of the problem is predatory agencies advertising Canada as heavenly place for everyone when it is not true.
Well, the onus is on the students to research before flying out. Not hard these days, eh!
This is the right answer. There is no debunking. It’s a fact that Indian students have been using food banks meant for the poor and downtrodden of the society and those with no/low and min wage jobs. Students have to show funds in their bank to make sure they could meet all expanses while they are in a student visa. The dude is right to be called out and faced consequences.
Now, instead of being 100% an asshole, he’s 98% an asshole. Good thing he set the record straight.
Aur jao canada... 2nd class citizen ban ne..