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| - Fact Check: Narayana Murthy DID NOT advise nation-building instead of dating to the youth!
The Hindustan Times, in a statement, has called the viral screenshot photoshopped.
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India Today Fact Check
This screenshot is doctored. Murthy never made this statement and the Hindustan Times did not publish such a report.
Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy, who earlier caused controversy by saying he does not believe in work-life balance, has now allegedly advised youngsters to focus on nation-building instead of dating!
A screenshot of a Hindustan Times article has been widely shared online with this claim. The headline reads: “Narayana Murthy advocates limited interaction between young girls and boys for success”. The subhead reads: “Narayana Murthy emphasised that GenZ is shooting itself in its foot by getting into relationships, situationships, dating and other drama. They must instead focus on hustling and building the nation.”
An X user shared the screenshot and wrote, “One more Statement of Mr. Murthy. Is Narayana Murthy okay? does not seem to be so.” Its archive can be seen here.
India Today Fact Check found this screenshot was doctored. Murthy said no such thing and the Hindustan Times did not report this.
Our Probe
Hindustan Times issued a clarification regarding the viral screenshot, calling it photoshopped. Their statement said the paper would take legal action against those who created this screenshot and shared it.
We compared the viral screenshot with an actual report and found that while the latter features a timestamp right above the subhead, it is missing in the former.
AG Panduranga, the executive assistant to Narayana Murthy, also confirmed to India Today Fact Check that the business leader never said this.
This makes it clear that the viral screenshot has no basis in reality.
Has Murthy spoken about nation-building and relationships?
According to an Economic Times report from December 2024, Murthy, speaking at the Sustainability Crusade award ceremony, said: “The young generation must work with a sense of responsibility toward the nation and society. We must care for the underprivileged sections of society, or else we are no better than animals. Becoming a responsible citizen and working toward the country’s betterment is true nationalism. Merely wrapping oneself in the national flag does not make one a true nationalist.”
In a December 2022 interview with MoneyControl, Murthy and his wife Sudha Murty spoke about their relationship. Sudha Murty said they did not have the kind of couple goals that youngsters talk about. Narayana Murthy said they always had a "common goal" of raising their children with values and competence, adding that his wife shouldered most of the responsibility while he was busy building Infosys.
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