Comments on: Meet Ayoti Patra, the lady who busted the NASA scholarship hoax

By: Journeyman

Journeyman — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 01:59:45 +0000

Thanks Amrita, for bringing up this story. Your protagonist Ayoti, deserves big kudos, for playing the real-time snopes.com on this one. Surprising that the media will publish “kuch bhi” without any verification, possibly in a bid to win “you heard it hear first” race. Deplorable, if true, is also the folks who purposefully dupe the media.

By: Subhendu Ghosh

Subhendu Ghosh — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 20:02:31 +0000

Thanks Ayoti for your effort to unveil the truth, Since I am also Bengal and in US now it catched my attention . After 1st read I had some doubts , since why Scholarship is based on a Paper published on not based on entrance, ii) although not under estimating talent , its very diff for a class 12 student especially outside city to gather info required to publish paper without attending seminars or connecting with people who r in Astrophysics world.

Even stephen hawking is uncertain how its possible make Time machine

By: Paromita

Paromita — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 04:31:29 +0000

Thank you for putting up this interview.

Ayoti, I don’t know you personally. I came to know you through your post. But your clarity and confidence that has been reflected in the interview has really made me proud. I echo every word you said about the ‘hero worship’ in our country. You are a true scholar. Keep up the good work!
Also, Thank you so much for sharing the weblink of ‘Bigyan’ magazine.

By: Tannista Banerjee

Tannista Banerjee — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 14:39:17 +0000

Ayoti, you spent your precious time digging up the facts. Thanks for that. Indian media did not bother to perform simple document verifications before publishing the story. After reading this interview by Amrita I looked at the original story and Sataparna’s Facebook profile. You can say very easily that she is not going anywhere. We all know how difficult it is to come to US and UK for higher studies with scholarships. And of course, you will not have time for a profile and doing hoax like this. This nonsense media is just annoying. Thanks, Ayoti and Amrita.

By: Ushamrita

Ushamrita — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 08:59:38 +0000

Shucks… I feel for the dubious claim! And I feel ridiculous about it now… 😦
Anyway, Ayoti, thank you for pointing out what the facts are. The media is turning into a circus of late (a large part of it, not the whole of it). And being a former journalist, and now a writer, myself, I am terribly sad about what has happened. Certainly going to post a corrigendum to the original post I’d shared on the protagonist. Maane media na fulto maamu banaya! Don’t know whether I should laugh or cry for it. 😛

By: Kaushik Sengupta

Kaushik Sengupta — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 11:50:57 +0000

Thumbs Up for Ayoti…..indeed a great job, eyeopener in many ways, A big thanks to u also, Amrita.

By: Kaushik Sengupta

Kaushik Sengupta — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 11:50:00 +0000

Thumbs Uo for Ayoti…..indeed a great job, eyeopener in many ways, A big thanks to u also, Amrita.

By: Priyanko Mukherjee

Priyanko Mukherjee — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 11:25:47 +0000

Ayoti – you took the pain to dig deep and reveal what’s true. Usually it is very difficult for commoners like us who are in India and have limited knowledge to cross check ourselves how really prestigious institutions like NASA or Oxford offer scholarships or internships to people outside US.

Without such insights we would have left with no other choice but to accept such hoax to be the truth. Great job !

By: vanyadhanya

vanyadhanya — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 06:46:05 +0000

Kudos to Ayoti for what she did and for standing up to what’s right.