179: How Did Modi Email Colour Photos in 1988? He Definitely Did Not!

Recently, in an interview to News Nation on Saturday on 11 May, Modi claimed that in 1987, at a public rally in Viramgam Tehsil, about 60 kilometers from Ahmedabad, he was the first to use a digital camera. Modi used it to click a colour photograph of his mentor Lal Krishna Advani and sent it to New Delhi as an e-mail attachment. Before you go ‘Oh My Gau’ and claim that the first digital camera was sold in 1990 and e-mails in India picked up only in 1995, let me ask this: if the mythical land of winterfell can have a starbucks why not internet aided attachment mailing in India 22 years ago? Okay now the serious question – was email operational in India in 1987-88? If yes, could we even attach photos back then? Tune in to the podcast for a fact-check on Modi’s claims.