Censorship – News Media / Documentaries

A satirical animated cartoon of Prime Minister Narendra Modi being awarded an invented medal during his Israel visit and Knesset speech, presented humorously to The Wire’s over 1.3 million X followers, has been “withheld in India”.

The 37-second cartoon, featuring Modi, the Speaker of the Knesset and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has a jingle in Hindi: “Medal Mila Hai VishwaGuru Ko” (The World’s Guru has got a medal) to the tune of ‘Chura Liya Hai’ from the film Yaadon ki Baaraat.

It was posted on X on February 27, 2026, but viewers of The Wire now see the following stock message for censored posts, instead of the humorous cartoon presented to its viewers:

Ironically, the hundreds of viewers’ responses to The Wire’s animation – appreciative, neutral, or critical – are still accessible to all on X, including more satirical animations posted by some on the platform.

Also, the post, originally in Hindi, is still available on TheWireHindi on X.