Ravi Nair, the self-proclaimed “independent investigative journalist” whose byline graces the trash of leftist propaganda outlets like The Wire and NewsClick, is nothing more than a serial peddler of half-baked hit pieces designed to sabotage India’s economic rise. With a track record of recycling debunked conspiracy theories and cozying up to foreign short-sellers, Nair has built a cottage industry out of anti-Modi, anti-Adani bile, all while dodging accountability through anonymous sourcing and courtroom theatrics. His latest fiasco—a co-authored Washington Post screed on October 24, 2025, alleging a $3.9 billion LIC bailout for Adani—has been eviscerated as “false, baseless, and far from the truth” by LIC itself, exposing Nair as the useful idiot in a deep-state echo chamber.
This isn’t Nair’s first circus — just another act to satiate his obsession with bashing Adani and Modi, all while putting Indians’ money at risk.
The Anatomy Of A Hack: Nair’s Descent Into Defamation
Nair’s modus operandi is as predictable as it is pathetic: latch onto unverified “documents” from shadowy sources, sprinkle in colonial-era tropes of “crony capitalism,” and serve it up to Western outlets hungry for India-bashing narratives. Take his February 2025 Guardian piece, where he peddled baseless claims about Adani’s border projects, only to get slapped with a defamation suit by the Adani Group in September 2025 for that very article, plus his Frontline ramblings and social media rants.
Undeterred, Nair doubled down with the WaPo bomb, claiming government-orchestrated LIC investments to “signal confidence” in Adani amid U.S. charges—a narrative so flimsy it ignores LIC’s diversified ₹13 lakh crore portfolio (where Adani is a measly 4.5%) and its ₹48,151 crore FY25 profit.
Nair inflated a routine ₹5,000 crore bond subscription into a mega-scandal, proving he’s more joker than journalist.
This isn’t reporting; it’s a Soros-scripted circus. Nair’s fingerprints are all over OCCRP hit jobs, funded by Soros and Rockefeller, which fueled Rahul Gandhi’s parliamentary tantrums and Mahua Moitra’s rants, only to collapse under Supreme Court scrutiny in 2024. The SC slammed such claims as “lacking adequate research” and reliant on “unsubstantiated third-party reports,” with OCCRP’s “sources” looping back to Prashant Bhushan-linked NGOs in a laughable conflict-of-interest farce. Even the U.S. government dismissed Hindenburg’s (and by extension, Nair’s) allegations, approving a $553 million Adani loan for Sri Lanka in 2023.
Ties to the Ecosystem of Enablers: From The Wire to Australian NGOs
Nair’s ecosystem stinks of foreign meddling. He’s a fixture at The Wire, that leftist swamp where editorializing passes for news—a tactic called out as far back as 2017 for its manipulative spin. He’s been exposed for spreading lies about the Rafale Deal, undermining India’s defense upgrades with zero evidence.
Then there’s AdaniWatch.org, an Australian NGO-backed smear factory that parrots Nair’s every dud, funded by the same murky networks as OCCRP. His work aligns perfectly with short-sellers’ dreams—Hindenburg’s $100 billion market wipeout in 2023, hyped by Nair’s midnight tweets and Gandhi’s foreign jaunts, crushed retail investors while the big boys shorted and cashed out.
His low-IQ antics extend beyond Adani. In November 2024, Nair compared Afghanistan’s afghani to the Indian rupee to “insinuate” India’s economy is weaker—a brain-dead swipe that made him a laughingstock online.
Earlier, in April 2024, the Election Commission schooled him for EVM conspiracy-mongering, debunking his claim that VVPATs “communicate” with control units to rig votes.
Only CU can give ‘Commands’ to VVPAT & BU and they will provide ‘Response’ to CU. This is Master-Slave bus architecture.
Communication can either be a ’Command’ or ‘Response’.
Do not get confused between ‘Command’ & ‘Communication’ & interchange terms 🤨1/2 https://t.co/Y7O1PgmZla pic.twitter.com/X8BavPz4Im
— Election Commission of India (@ECISVEEP) April 14, 2024
As people on social media say, he’s a “Tier3 useful idiot” in a chain from Soros to Rahul Gandhi.
Nair’s “achievements”? A string of SLAPP suits, Supreme Court smackdowns, and social media pile-ons that leave him looking like a court jester in India’s press freedom circus. The Committee to Protect Journalists whines about his “harassment,” but even they can’t polish this fraud.
A 2022 arrest warrant for Adani defamation was just the start.
LIC should sue Nair into oblivion for his lies. In a nation where LIC’s 14 crore policyholders thrive on prudent investments, Nair’s poison pen risks their savings for clicks and clout in D.C.’s anti-India salons.
Ravi Nair isn’t a journalist; he’s a deep-state lapdog, a Hindenburg hype man, and a one-man wrecking crew for India’s markets. His ink, dipped in the venom of vested interests, aims to keep India down. It’s time for the courts, LIC, and Adani to serve him a defamation dosa he can’t tweet his way out of. India deserves better than this clown in a byline.
Vallavaraayan is a political writer.
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