A beautiful image of a building with ‘Jay bhim’ on it went viral on social media with the claim that it is a library in the United States named after dr. BR Ambedkar – also known as Father of the Indian Constitution.
The text in Hindi, on top of the viral image, translates to “This is the outside of the Babasaheb Library in the USA.”
India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found the allegation false. The image is a visualization for a residential and commercial building in Belgium. The original image has been edited to add the “Jay bhim” sign and the Ambedkar image.
The archived versions of similar posts can be seen here, here and here.
AFWA investigation
A closer look at the image in question clearly shows that the sign “Jay bhim” as well as the photo of Ambedkar have been changed to the original image. Jai is also mispronounced because Jay and Bhim, with reference to BR Ambedkar, are written in lower case instead of the capital letter.
With a reverse image search, we found the same image without the “Jay bhim” sign on the Pinterest site Pinterest.
The description of the photo reads: “Vincent Callebaut has unveiled proposed plans to transform a once industrial area of Brussels into a mixed-use neighborhood.”
With further search for keywords using “Vincent Callebaut” and “eco-neighborhood”, we found the same image on the website of an architectural firm, Vincent Callebaut Architectures.
According to the information provided on this website, the statue is a building under construction for residential and commercial purposes at Tour & Taxis in Brussels, Belgium. Tour & Taxis is a large former industrial site in Brussels.
We also found several blogs about the same project that were published in January 2017.
According to these blogs, the Tour & Taxis project is being done by Belgian ecological designer Vincent Callebaut, who is known for his green and sustainable architecture.
We also found the original version of the viral image on Vincent Callebaut’s Instagram page.
Allebaut wrote in the job description that the project will be a mixed-use space that includes professional activities (offices, workshops, etc.), retail activities (markets, showrooms, shops, etc.) and public facilities. However, no special mention of a library space was found.
A similar claim was denied in 2019 by Factly.
Here is a comparison between the viral image and the original image that Callebaut uploaded on his Instagram page.
It is therefore clear that the viral photo in question is not from America, but a visualization of a project in Belgium and edited to add a “Jay bhim” sign on it.
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ClaimPictured is a large library built in the name of Dr. BR Ambedkar in the United States.ClosureThe image is a visualization of a residential and commercial building in Belgium. The original image has been edited to add the “Jay bhim” sign.
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- 1 Crow: Half true
- 2 crows: mostly lies
- 3 crows: absolutely false
