Shujaat Ali Quadri, Author at DFRAC

Algorithms of Agitation: Role of TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube in Spreading the Khalistani Narrative

August 10, 2025August 10, 2025Shujaat Ali Quadri

The Pro-Khalistan movement has established a significant operational presence in Social Media. This analytical report explores the role of algorithm driven social media platforms namely TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube in the propagation and popularization of the Khalistan narrative. These platforms, with their unique content recommendation systems and virality mechanics, have become powerful tools for ideologically driven campaigns. The report […]

Weaponizing Algorithms: How Pakistani Users Are Misusing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Target India

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025Shujaat Ali Quadri

In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a double-edged sword. While it holds the potential to revolutionise sectors from healthcare to governance, it is also increasingly being misused for disinformation and propaganda. Nowhere is this more evident than in the misuse of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools by some Pakistani […]

Information Warfare of China, Pakistan and Victim India

February 19, 2025February 19, 2025Shujaat Ali Quadri

For ages, information has been considered the key to success in any operation or war by great military generals and strategists. The information has resulted in the fall or rise of many empires. The application of this information into the theatre of war is known as Information Warfare (IW) which has increasingly become a keyword […]

Kajal Hindustani: A Polarizing Force in Hindutva Politics

June 28, 2024June 28, 2024Shujaat Ali Quadri

Right-wing activist Kajal Shingala, known as Kajal Hindustani, has rapidly become a notorious figure in Hindutva politics in India. Recently, she made headlines after a Congress leader filed a complaint against her for allegedly offending Patidar women in Morbi with her incendiary speech. Last April, the Gujarat Police arrested her for a hate speech during […]

Disinformation from Dhaka: Towards an Inclusive Solution

April 21, 2024April 21, 2024Shujaat Ali Quadri

In a complex society like South Asia, which is characterized by cultural commonalities and political flashpoints at the same time, disinformation campaigns are increasingly influencing the region. Over the last decade, new regional initiatives and transit corridors are easing travel between India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia but these efforts could be threatened if India’s neighbourhood […]

Unraveling Manipur’s Ethnic Clashes: The Role of Social Media and the Path to Restoring Peace

February 27, 2024February 27, 2024Shujaat Ali Quadri

In May 2023, the state of Manipur was up in flames after communal clashes broke out between the Meitis and the Kukis. As of December 2023, over 175 people had died in the rioting and 70,000 people were displaced according to official reports. Collectively, the state’s ethno-cultural diversity, the politics of welfarism and the state’s […]

The Growing Cyber Threat to India from Far East

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022Shujaat Ali Quadri

Around 2000 Indian websites were hacked in June-July 2022 alone. This is one of the most serious cyber attacks on India in the recent past. Following this, Amit Wadhwa, DCP of Ahmedabad’s Cyber Police, wrote a letter to the Indonesian and Malaysian governments as well as to Interpol. In this letter, two cyber groupos ‘Dragon […]

Fact Check: Farooq Abdullah started singing bhajans in fear after the abrogation of Article 370?

December 29, 2021December 30, 2021Shujaat Ali Quadri

Jammu and Kashmir has always been a burning issue. Events happening here have a great impact on the national scale and attract the attention of the people. The present central government removed Article 370 found in the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir by amending it. Since then the issue of Kashmir has been in more […]