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	'''Vidyut Gore'''{{needs IPA}} (born 6 December 1976), previously known as '''Vidyut Kale''' and sometimes simply as '''Vidyut''' is an outspoken Indian part-time blogger, new media journalist, campaigner and activist. She became noted for work exposing domestic abuse in Indian families,<ref name="fem" /> and her work in exposing political and public corruption in India has also been covered in both the Indian media and international media.<ref name="nyt-20120328a" /><ref name="I2day-20130730a" /><ref name="id2" /> Her challenges to Indian digital censorship,<ref name="mint" /> has been covered in academic study,<ref name="aa1" /> and [[United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development\|United Nations CSTD]] studies.<ref name="un1" /><ref name="un2" /> She is sought for comment by mainsteam Indian media on social and political issues.<ref name="EconTimes" /><ref name="FridayTimes" /><ref name="IndiaTimes" /> In August 2019, she launched the ''Alt Sarkar'' spoof alternative government role-play project that has received diverse media attention.<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /><ref name="Yahoo-F-AS1" /><ref name="ThePrint-AS1" />		'''Vidyut Gore'''{{needs IPA}} (born 6 December 1976), previously known as '''Vidyut Kale''' and sometimes simply as '''Vidyut''' is an outspoken Indian part-time blogger, new media journalist, campaigner and activist. She became noted for work exposing domestic abuse in Indian families,<ref name="fem" /> and her work in exposing political and public corruption in India has also been covered in both the Indian media and international media.<ref name="nyt-20120328a" /><ref name="I2day-20130730a" /><ref name="id2" /> Her challenges to Indian digital censorship,<ref name="mint" /> has been covered in academic study,<ref name="aa1" /> and [[United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development\|United Nations CSTD]] studies.<ref name="un1" /><ref name="un2" /> She is sought for comment by mainsteam Indian media on social and political issues.<ref name="EconTimes" /><ref name="FridayTimes" /><ref name="IndiaTimes" /> In August 2019, she launched the ''Alt Sarkar'' spoof alternative government role-play project that has received diverse media attention.<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /><ref name="Yahoo-F-AS1" /><ref name="ThePrint-AS1" />

	== Blogs and websites ==		== Blogs and websites ==
	Gore has been blogging since 2009 on issues in Indian society, being described in 2010 as a "Wikileaks" of India.<ref name="ep-20101207a" /><ref name="fem" /> In October 2011, she came to national prominence in India due to her posts about the [[Keenan-Reuben murder case\|murders of Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandes]] in [[Mumbai]], which exposed evidence that the media and Indian police seemed to ignore.<ref name="toi-20150625a" /> In 2013, ''[[India Today]]'' said of Gore: "The daredevil homemaker-cum-blogger shot into news with her blogs on the Keenan and Reuben murders in Mumbai. It was her efforts that helped the poor families get the attention that their case required and helped prevent the killers from going scot-free".<ref name="id2" /> Indian spymaster [[B. Raman]], said of her work on getting justice for the perpetrators of the Keenan-Reuben murders: "We owe a debt of gratitude to Vidyut".<ref name="nyt-20120328a" />		Gore has been blogging since 2009 on issues in Indian society, being described in 2010 as a "Wikileaks" of India.<ref name="ep-20101207a" /><ref name="fem" /> In October 2011, she came to national prominence in India due to her posts about the [[Keenan-Reuben murder case\|murders of Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandes]] in [[Mumbai]], which exposed evidence that the media and Indian police seemed to ignore.<ref name="toi-20150625a" /> In 2013, ''[[India Today]]'' said of Gore: "The daredevil homemaker-cum-blogger shot into news with her blogs on the Keenan and Reuben murders in Mumbai. It was her efforts that helped the poor families get the attention that their case required and helped prevent the killers from going scot-free".<ref name="id2" /> Indian spymaster [[B. Raman]], said of her work on getting justice for the perpetrators of the Keenan-Reuben murders: "We owe a debt of gratitude to Vidyut".<ref name="nyt-20120328a" />
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	Gore summarised her work on aamjanta.com into a self published book: ''Thoughts on India at aamjanata.com: from differences to diversity''.<ref name="book" />		Gore summarised her work on aamjanta.com into a self published book: ''Thoughts on India at aamjanata.com: from differences to diversity''.<ref name="book" />

	=== Domestic abuse ===		=== Domestic abuse ===

	Gore has used her website to discuss issues like homophobia in India, and the extent of unreported domestic abuse in Indian families and society; for which Gore has received both international attention,<ref name="nyt-20120328a" /> academic and scholarly coverage,<ref name="orf" /> as well as mainstream Indian media attention.<ref name="id2" /> She has confronted domestic abuse in her own marriage and written about it.<ref name="nyt-20120328a" /><ref name="orf" /> In March 2012 the ''[[New York Times]]'' quoted Gore as saying that "There is a silencing — from the family or from well-meaning friends who fear for the woman’s safety", and that: “The abuser never wants a spotlight on their actions, but breaking the silence is liberating. I stopped owning the shame when I spoke out”. She also told the New York Times that: "Most Indian women are in an unequal environment,” Ms. Gore said. “You go from your parents’ house to your husband's house. If they are no longer welcome in their parents’ home after marriage, what do they do when there's violence in their husband's home? Why should they end up homeless?”.<ref name="nyt-20120328a" /> In January 2015, one of Asia's highest rated think-tanks, the [[Observer Research Foundation]], commented on Gore's struggle saying that: "When these women speak out about abuse, they are often labelled as hysterical, as seen clearly in the		Gore has used her website to discuss issues like homophobia in India, and the extent of unreported domestic abuse in Indian families and society; for which Gore has received both international attention,<ref name="nyt-20120328a" /> academic and scholarly coverage,<ref name="orf" /> as well as mainstream Indian media attention.<ref name="id2" /> She has confronted domestic abuse in her own marriage and written about it.<ref name="nyt-20120328a" /><ref name="orf" /> In March 2012 the ''[[New York Times]]'' quoted Gore as saying that "There is a silencing — from the family or from well-meaning friends who fear for the woman’s safety", and that: “The abuser never wants a spotlight on their actions, but breaking the silence is liberating. I stopped owning the shame when I spoke out”. She also told the New York Times that: "Most Indian women are in an unequal environment,” Ms. Gore said. “You go from your parents’ house to your husband's house. If they are no longer welcome in their parents’ home after marriage, what do they do when there's violence in their husband's home? Why should they end up homeless?”.<ref name="nyt-20120328a" /> In January 2015, one of Asia's highest rated think-tanks, the [[Observer Research Foundation]], commented on Gore's struggle saying that: "When these women speak out about abuse, they are often labelled as hysterical, as seen clearly in the
	case of Kale", and that: "She faces as much abuse for her radical socio-political views as she gets for washing her dirty linen in public".<ref name="orf" />		case of Kale", and that: "She faces as much abuse for her radical socio-political views as she gets for washing her dirty linen in public".<ref name="orf" />

	=== ''Alt Sarkar'' ===		=== ''Alt Sarkar'' ===
	In August 2019, Gore launched ''Alt Sarkar'' (which translates as "Government" in Hindi), a spoof alternative Indian government administration on the Twitter platform, where Gore was elected Prime Minister by Twitter followers.<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://qz.com/india/1697607/spoof-indian-government-altsarkar-makes-governance-fun-on-twitter/\|website=[[Quartz (publication)]]\|author=Manavi Kapur\|date=29 August 2019\|access-date=18 October 2019\|title=A poll on Twitter has birthed an all-spoof alternative Indian government\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913183614/https://qz.com/india/1697607/spoof-indian-government-altsarkar-makes-governance-fun-on-twitter/\|archive-date=13 September 2019\|url-status=live}}</ref> The role-play has included elections, speeches, and alternative policies with a full 17-member cabinet.<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /><ref name="Yahoo-F-AS1" /><ref name="ThePrint-AS1" /> ''[[The Hindu]]'' reported, "What’s interesting is that the "PM" and her 17 cabinet ministers — who come from across the country — are not just tweeting about what they think the government should be doing. Instead, they do a deep dive into the portfolio to study the real issues faced by the sector and propose solutions for them in policy notes",<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /> and that online trolling by right-wing Indian parties had helped spread ''Alt Sarkar'' to a national audience.<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /> Gore has also been interviewed by international media on ''Alt Sarkar'' with ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' asking: "Could a spoof government on Twitter be the platform of political change in India?".<ref>{{cite newspaper \| url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/03/opinion/could-spoof-government-twitter-be-platform-political-change-india/ \| title=Could a spoof government on Twitter be the platform of political change in India? \| newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] \| author=Payal Dhar \| date=3 January 2020 \| access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref>		In August 2019, Gore launched ''Alt Sarkar'' (which translates as "Government" in Hindi), a spoof alternative Indian government administration on the Twitter platform, where Gore was elected Prime Minister by Twitter followers.<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://qz.com/india/1697607/spoof-indian-government-altsarkar-makes-governance-fun-on-twitter/\|website=[[Quartz (publication)]]\|author=Manavi Kapur\|date=29 August 2019\|access-date=18 October 2019\|title=A poll on Twitter has birthed an all-spoof alternative Indian government\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913183614/https://qz.com/india/1697607/spoof-indian-government-altsarkar-makes-governance-fun-on-twitter/\|archive-date=13 September 2019\|url-status=live}}</ref> The role-play has included elections, speeches, and alternative policies with a full 17-member cabinet.<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /><ref name="Yahoo-F-AS1" /><ref name="ThePrint-AS1" /> ''[[The Hindu]]'' reported, "What’s interesting is that the "PM" and her 17 cabinet ministers — who come from across the country — are not just tweeting about what they think the government should be doing. Instead, they do a deep dive into the portfolio to study the real issues faced by the sector and propose solutions for them in policy notes",<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /> and that online trolling by right-wing Indian parties had helped spread ''Alt Sarkar'' to a national audience.<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /> Gore has also been interviewed by international media on ''Alt Sarkar'' with ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' asking: "Could a spoof government on Twitter be the platform of political change in India?".<ref>{{cite newspaper \| url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/03/opinion/could-spoof-government-twitter-be-platform-political-change-india/ \| title=Could a spoof government on Twitter be the platform of political change in India? \| newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] \| author=Payal Dhar \| date=3 January 2020 \| access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref>

	=== Soap and plants ===		=== Soap and plants ===
	After the collapse of her marriage following the birth of her son in 2009, Gore was broke and started making soaps as gifts for friends and family on occasions, which eventually became a business for her.<ref name="soapstar" /> Sometime later, she combined it with her self-proclaimed "geeky interest in cultivating carnivorous plants", to develop an online home-made soap and specialist plant retailing business.<ref name="soapstar" /> Her products sometimes have names with political or social overtones, including "Bagon Mein Bahar Hai" (after [[Ravish Kumar]] used the term), "Urban Naxal",<ref name="soapstar" /><ref name="eShe"/> and "Kashmir"/"Silenced Valley".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/soap-kashmir-article370_in_5dd589aae4b0fc53f20d0e00?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKh0OroZUSkVFB1_xUD6iBVOWcrFbGkwAMz1vQd3aQ5askKK8RNaaBxwDkJtP3-BhUT9mq4C2F-q6rrQrEJSaXu5L-3yGdbvVaILPgGpqn8bsMHORAtSFydhwfip3Ke_aTDskhqBtfFkCnDUT0RLqUa0N4jMlqumYoA5oCJ1KU3k\|title=How One Woman Is Making Soap To Protest Atrocities In Kashmir\|website=[[Huffington Post]]\|date=22 November 2019\|access-date=4 December 2019\|author=Betwa Sharma (Politics Editor, Huffpost India)}}</ref>		After the collapse of her marriage following the birth of her son in 2009, Gore was broke and started making soaps as gifts for friends and family on occasions, which eventually became a business for her.<ref name="soapstar" /> Sometime later, she combined it with her self-proclaimed "geeky interest in cultivating carnivorous plants", to develop an online home-made soap and specialist plant retailing business.<ref name="soapstar" /> Her products sometimes have names with political or social overtones, including "Bagon Mein Bahar Hai" (after [[Ravish Kumar]] used the term), "Urban Naxal",<ref name="soapstar" /><ref name="eShe"/> and "Kashmir"/"Silenced Valley".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/soap-kashmir-article370_in_5dd589aae4b0fc53f20d0e00?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKh0OroZUSkVFB1_xUD6iBVOWcrFbGkwAMz1vQd3aQ5askKK8RNaaBxwDkJtP3-BhUT9mq4C2F-q6rrQrEJSaXu5L-3yGdbvVaILPgGpqn8bsMHORAtSFydhwfip3Ke_aTDskhqBtfFkCnDUT0RLqUa0N4jMlqumYoA5oCJ1KU3k\|title=How One Woman Is Making Soap To Protest Atrocities In Kashmir\|website=[[Huffington Post]]\|date=22 November 2019\|access-date=4 December 2019\|author=Betwa Sharma (Politics Editor, Huffpost India)}}</ref>

	== Digital journalism ==		== Digital journalism ==

	In 2013, Gore's contribution was recognised by the [[United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development]] working group on "Democratizing the global governance of the Internet".<ref name="un1" /><ref name="un2" /> Gore has contributed on rural affairs to [[Palagummi Sainath]]'s digital [[People's Archive of Rural India]],<ref name="psainath" /> and to other English-Hindi language digital news websites such as ''[[The Quint]]'',<ref name="quint" /> ''[[India Today]]'''s online ''DailyO'' news site,<ref name="DailyO" /> and Indian digital media entrepreneur [[Nikhil Pahwa]]'s news site, ''[[MediaNama]]''.<ref name="MediaNama" /><ref name="MediaNama-2" />		In 2013, Gore's contribution was recognised by the [[United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development]] working group on "Democratizing the global governance of the Internet".<ref name="un1" /><ref name="un2" /> Gore has contributed on rural affairs to [[Palagummi Sainath]]'s digital [[People's Archive of Rural India]],<ref name="psainath" /> and to other English-Hindi language digital news websites such as ''[[The Quint]]'',<ref name="quint" /> ''[[India Today]]'''s online ''DailyO'' news site,<ref name="DailyO" /> and Indian digital media entrepreneur [[Nikhil Pahwa]]'s news site, ''[[MediaNama]]''.<ref name="MediaNama" /><ref name="MediaNama-2" />

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==
	Gore is an alumnus of the Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science (ISABS) and described herself as "apolitical".<ref name="eShe"/>		Gore is an alumnus of the Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science (ISABS) and described herself as "apolitical".<ref name="eShe"/>
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	From her experience running web servers Gore has devoted section of her various online sites to giving insights and opinions on her experiences.<ref name="V-webdesign" />		From her experience running web servers Gore has devoted section of her various online sites to giving insights and opinions on her experiences.<ref name="V-webdesign" />

	== Bibliography ==		== Bibliography ==
	*{{cite book\|last=Kale\|first=Vidyut\|date=October 2012\|title=Thoughts on India at aamjanata.com: from differences to diversity\|publisher=[[OmniScriptum\|Saarbrücken BloggingBooks]]\|isbn=978-3-8417-7023-3\|oclc=863996004}}		*{{cite book\|last=Kale\|first=Vidyut\|date=October 2012\|title=Thoughts on India at aamjanata.com: from differences to diversity\|publisher=[[OmniScriptum\|Saarbrücken BloggingBooks]]\|isbn=978-3-8417-7023-3\|oclc=863996004}}
			*Gore, Vidyut (October 2021) Marginally Human ASIN B09JBBSDGR
	== See also ==		== See also ==
	*[[Meera Vijayann]], independent journalist covering gender-based violence		*[[Meera Vijayann]], independent journalist covering gender-based violence

	== Notes and references ==		== Notes and references ==
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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* {{URL\|https://vidyut.net\|Personal website}}		* {{URL\|https://vidyut.net\|Personal website}}
	* [https://aamjanata.com/ Aam Janata Online Journal]		* [https://aamjanata.com/ Aam Janata Online Journal]

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'''Vidyut Gore'''{{needs IPA}} (born 6 December 1976), previously known as '''Vidyut Kale''' and sometimes simply as '''Vidyut''' is an outspoken Indian part-time blogger, new media journalist, campaigner and activist. She became noted for work exposing domestic abuse in Indian families,<ref name="fem" /> and her work in exposing political and public corruption in India has also been covered in both the Indian media and international media.<ref name="nyt-20120328a" /><ref name="I2day-20130730a" /><ref name="id2" /> Her challenges to Indian digital censorship,<ref name="mint" /> has been covered in academic study,<ref name="aa1" /> and [[United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development|United Nations CSTD]] studies.<ref name="un1" /><ref name="un2" /> She is sought for comment by mainsteam Indian media on social and political issues.<ref name="EconTimes" /><ref name="FridayTimes" /><ref name="IndiaTimes" /> In August 2019, she launched the ''Alt Sarkar'' spoof alternative government role-play project that has received diverse media attention.<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /><ref name="Yahoo-F-AS1" /><ref name="ThePrint-AS1" />

== Blogs and websites ==
Gore has been blogging since 2009 on issues in Indian society, being described in 2010 as a "Wikileaks" of India.<ref name="ep-20101207a" /><ref name="fem" /> In October 2011, she came to national prominence in India due to her posts about the [[Keenan-Reuben murder case|murders of Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandes]] in [[Mumbai]], which exposed evidence that the media and Indian police seemed to ignore.<ref name="toi-20150625a" /> In 2013, ''[[India Today]]'' said of Gore: "The daredevil homemaker-cum-blogger shot into news with her blogs on the Keenan and Reuben murders in Mumbai. It was her efforts that helped the poor families get the attention that their case required and helped prevent the killers from going scot-free".<ref name="id2" /> Indian spymaster [[B. Raman]], said of her work on getting justice for the perpetrators of the Keenan-Reuben murders: "We owe a debt of gratitude to Vidyut".<ref name="nyt-20120328a" />

In September 2012, Gore's blog again came to national attention when she received documents regarding prominent Indian public figures involved in corrupt land deals, which Gore posted on her blog;<ref name="mint" /> she resisted orders to remove the material stating that it was correct, however she was later forced to relent when she received notices on under the controversial Indian [[Information Technology Act, 2000|IT Act]], which even if the material was accurate, would still expose Gore to litigation.<ref name="aa1" /><ref name="mint" /><ref name="pcq-mag-2012a" /> The censorship of Gore's 2012 disclosures under the Indian IT Act was covered in academic research on digital censorship.<ref name="aa1" />

In 2013, she gained further national Indian attention when she created spoof websites on [[Kapil Sibal]], then Gujrat Chief Minister [[Narendra Modi]] and Congress general secretary [[Rahul Gandhi]].<ref name="I2day-20130730a" /><ref name="id2" /><ref name="gadget" /> ''[[India Today]]'', describing Gore as "the brain behind the sarcasm sites", said that: "Her spoofs are a direct result of her anger at the politicians who say wrong things or stray away from their promises".<ref name="I2day-20130730a" />

In 2014, Gore was identified by ''[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]'' as being one of a small number of "women who matter in India's Twitterverse", noting that she described herself as "intellectual anarchist".<ref name="Telegraph" /> In 2015, ''[[The Times of India]]'' covered Gore as one of two important female Twitter bloggers in India, noting that her work brings her into direct conflict with the "BJPs "unofficial" army of trolls".<ref name="nyt-20120328a" />

Gore has also been involved with other Indian political campaigns<ref name="EconTimes" /> and is quoted about her views on Indian politics and society in mainstream media.<ref name="FridayTimes" /><ref name="IndiaTimes" />

Gore summarised her work on aamjanta.com into a self published book: ''Thoughts on India at aamjanata.com: from differences to diversity''.<ref name="book" />

=== Domestic abuse ===

Gore has used her website to discuss issues like homophobia in India, and the extent of unreported domestic abuse in Indian families and society; for which Gore has received both international attention,<ref name="nyt-20120328a" /> academic and scholarly coverage,<ref name="orf" /> as well as mainstream Indian media attention.<ref name="id2" /> She has confronted domestic abuse in her own marriage and written about it.<ref name="nyt-20120328a" /><ref name="orf" /> In March 2012 the ''[[New York Times]]'' quoted Gore as saying that "There is a silencing — from the family or from well-meaning friends who fear for the woman’s safety", and that: “The abuser never wants a spotlight on their actions, but breaking the silence is liberating. I stopped owning the shame when I spoke out”. She also told the New York Times that: "Most Indian women are in an unequal environment,” Ms. Gore said. “You go from your parents’ house to your husband's house. If they are no longer welcome in their parents’ home after marriage, what do they do when there's violence in their husband's home? Why should they end up homeless?”.<ref name="nyt-20120328a" /> In January 2015, one of Asia's highest rated think-tanks, the [[Observer Research Foundation]], commented on Gore's struggle saying that: "When these women speak out about abuse, they are often labelled as hysterical, as seen clearly in the
case of Kale", and that: "She faces as much abuse for her radical socio-political views as she gets for washing her dirty linen in public".<ref name="orf" />

=== ''Alt Sarkar'' ===
In August 2019, Gore launched ''Alt Sarkar'' (which translates as "Government" in Hindi), a spoof alternative Indian government administration on the Twitter platform, where Gore was elected Prime Minister by Twitter followers.<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://qz.com/india/1697607/spoof-indian-government-altsarkar-makes-governance-fun-on-twitter/|website=[[Quartz (publication)]]|author=Manavi Kapur|date=29 August 2019|access-date=18 October 2019|title=A poll on Twitter has birthed an all-spoof alternative Indian government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913183614/https://qz.com/india/1697607/spoof-indian-government-altsarkar-makes-governance-fun-on-twitter/|archive-date=13 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The role-play has included elections, speeches, and alternative policies with a full 17-member cabinet.<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /><ref name="Yahoo-F-AS1" /><ref name="ThePrint-AS1" /> ''[[The Hindu]]'' reported, "What’s interesting is that the "PM" and her 17 cabinet ministers — who come from across the country — are not just tweeting about what they think the government should be doing. Instead, they do a deep dive into the portfolio to study the real issues faced by the sector and propose solutions for them in policy notes",<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /> and that online trolling by right-wing Indian parties had helped spread ''Alt Sarkar'' to a national audience.<ref name="TheHindu-20190914" /> Gore has also been interviewed by international media on ''Alt Sarkar'' with ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' asking: "Could a spoof government on Twitter be the platform of political change in India?".<ref>{{cite newspaper | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/03/opinion/could-spoof-government-twitter-be-platform-political-change-india/ | title=Could a spoof government on Twitter be the platform of political change in India? | newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] | author=Payal Dhar | date=3 January 2020 | access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref>

=== Soap and plants ===
After the collapse of her marriage following the birth of her son in 2009, Gore was broke and started making soaps as gifts for friends and family on occasions, which eventually became a business for her.<ref name="soapstar" /> Sometime later, she combined it with her self-proclaimed "geeky interest in cultivating carnivorous plants", to develop an online home-made soap and specialist plant retailing business.<ref name="soapstar" /> Her products sometimes have names with political or social overtones, including "Bagon Mein Bahar Hai" (after [[Ravish Kumar]] used the term), "Urban Naxal",<ref name="soapstar" /><ref name="eShe"/> and "Kashmir"/"Silenced Valley".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/soap-kashmir-article370_in_5dd589aae4b0fc53f20d0e00?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKh0OroZUSkVFB1_xUD6iBVOWcrFbGkwAMz1vQd3aQ5askKK8RNaaBxwDkJtP3-BhUT9mq4C2F-q6rrQrEJSaXu5L-3yGdbvVaILPgGpqn8bsMHORAtSFydhwfip3Ke_aTDskhqBtfFkCnDUT0RLqUa0N4jMlqumYoA5oCJ1KU3k|title=How One Woman Is Making Soap To Protest Atrocities In Kashmir|website=[[Huffington Post]]|date=22 November 2019|access-date=4 December 2019|author=Betwa Sharma (Politics Editor, Huffpost India)}}</ref>

== Digital journalism ==

In 2013, Gore's contribution was recognised by the [[United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development]] working group on "Democratizing the global governance of the Internet".<ref name="un1" /><ref name="un2" /> Gore has contributed on rural affairs to [[Palagummi Sainath]]'s digital [[People's Archive of Rural India]],<ref name="psainath" /> and to other English-Hindi language digital news websites such as ''[[The Quint]]'',<ref name="quint" /> ''[[India Today]]'''s online ''DailyO'' news site,<ref name="DailyO" /> and Indian digital media entrepreneur [[Nikhil Pahwa]]'s news site, ''[[MediaNama]]''.<ref name="MediaNama" /><ref name="MediaNama-2" />

== Personal life ==
Gore is an alumnus of the Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science (ISABS) and described herself as "apolitical".<ref name="eShe"/>

Gore was a trekking guide in the Himalayas, and a corporate trainer, before getting married and settling down in Virar, Mumbai as Vidyut Kale, and turning into a full-time mother on the birth of her son in 2009.<ref name="fem" /><ref name="nyt-20120328a" /><ref name="I2day-20130730a" /><ref name="Telegraph"/> Gore's son was born with congenital difficulties which restricted her to staying more at home and led to her focus on political blogging as an outlet.<ref name="eShe">{{cite web|url=https://eshe.in/2019/05/04/vidyut-gore/|website=eShe|date=4 May 2019|author=AEKTA KAPOOR|access-date=16 October 2019|title=From 'Jumla' to 'Urban Naxal', Her Soaps Make a Political Statement|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504142716/https://eshe.in/2019/05/04/vidyut-gore/|archive-date=4 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Ironically, she noted that her family and her then-husband were [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] supporters, and that they never read her blog.<ref name="nyt-20120328a" /> She described that during this period, her marriage "fell apart", and she divorced, returning to Vidyut Gore.<ref name="eShe"/>

{{As of| May 2019}}, Gore reported that she was in a committed relationship, and had no plans to remarry.<ref name="eShe"/>

From her experience running web servers Gore has devoted section of her various online sites to giving insights and opinions on her experiences.<ref name="V-webdesign" />

== Bibliography ==
*{{cite book|last=Kale|first=Vidyut|date=October 2012|title=Thoughts on India at aamjanata.com: from differences to diversity|publisher=[[OmniScriptum|Saarbrücken BloggingBooks]]|isbn=978-3-8417-7023-3|oclc=863996004}}

== See also ==
*[[Meera Vijayann]], independent journalist covering gender-based violence

== Notes and references ==
=== Notes ===
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=== References ===
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<ref name="TheHindu-20190914">{{cite news|newspaper=The Hindu|title=Meet India's spoof PM of an Alt Sarkar on Twitter|first=Susanna Myrtle|last=Lazarus|access-date=17 September 2019|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/meet-indias-spoof-pm/article29416638.ece|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917081246/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/meet-indias-spoof-pm/article29416638.ece|archive-date=17 September 2019|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="nyt-20120328a">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/world/asia/28iht-letter28.html|title=When Home Is No Refuge for Women|last=Roy|first=Nilanjana S.|date=27 March 2012|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2019-03-15|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|quote=Vidyut Kale is a corporate trainer and blogger who has written extensively about witnessing domestic violence in her family as a child, and then confronting abuse — emotional, financial and sexual — in her own marriage.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327133110/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/world/asia/28iht-letter28.html|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="orf">{{cite journal|url=http://cf.orfonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ORF_Ib_87.pdf|title=Gender and Identity on Social Media|journal=[[Observer Research Foundation]]|issue=87|date=January 2015|access-date=23 March 2019|author=Nishtha Gautam|pages=4–7|quote=Vidyut Kale, a stay-at-home mother and an online activist from Maharashtra, often tweets about the domestic abuse which she says she suffers at the hands of her husband. She faces as much abuse for her radical socio-political views as she gets for washing her dirty linen in public.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120211938/http://cf.orfonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ORF_Ib_87.pdf|archive-date=20 January 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="ep-20101207a">{{cite web|url=http://epathram.com/world-2010/12/07/175202-indian-woman-mirrors-wikileaks.html|title=Indian woman mirrors WikiLeaks|date=7 December 2010|access-date=27 March 2019|quote=Vidyut Kale, a behavioural scientist and corporate trainer based in Mumbai says that she felt that the Indian media has made a mess of the way the WikiLeaks revelations were reported.|publisher=ePathram|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327174459/http://epathram.com/world-2010/12/07/175202-indian-woman-mirrors-wikileaks.html|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="fem">{{Cite web|url=https://www.femina.in/achievers/vidyut-kale-on-being-politically-incorrect-45862.html|title=Blogger Vidyut Kale on being politically incorrect|publisher=[[Femina (India)|femina.in]]|language=en|access-date=2019-03-15|date=2 May 2017|author=Hemchhaya De|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327184434/https://www.femina.in/achievers/vidyut-kale-on-being-politically-incorrect-45862.html|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="toi-20150625a">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/deep-focus/The-real-housewives-of-Twitter/articleshow/21754675.cms|title=The real housewives of Twitter – Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2019-03-15|date=25 June 2015|author1=Robin David|author2=Sharmila Ganesan Ram }}</ref>

<ref name="mint">{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/VViKHUnyEZzuxOSQumBhEL/Free-Speech--Virtual-empowerment.html|title=liveMint: Free Speech {{!}} Virtual empowerment|last=Sathe|first=Gopal|date=2 November 2012|publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]|language=en|access-date=23 March 2019|quote=Blogger Vidyut Kale has run www.aamjanta.com for six years. Mumbai-based Kale has written about corruption in the past and when someone sends her proof about a scam or a particular case, she posts the details on her website.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327195250/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/VViKHUnyEZzuxOSQumBhEL/Free-Speech--Virtual-empowerment.html|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="Yahoo-F-AS1">{{cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/poll-twitter-birthed-spoof-alternative-042515852.html|website=Yahoo finance
|url-status=live|first=Manavi|last=Kapur|date=29 August 2019|access-date=17 September 2019
|title=A poll on Twitter has birthed an all-spoof alternative Indian government
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901013310/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/poll-twitter-birthed-spoof-alternative-042515852.html|archive-date=1 September 2019|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="ThePrint-AS1">{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/india/with-altsarkar-india-gets-a-new-government-and-prime-minister-on-twitter/280892/|website=ThePrint
|title=With #AltSarkar, India gets a new 'government' and 'prime minister' — on Twitter|first=Sanya|last=Dhingra|date=23 August 2019|access-date=1 September 2019|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901173042/https://theprint.in/india/with-altsarkar-india-gets-a-new-government-and-prime-minister-on-twitter/280892/|archive-date=1 September 2019|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="id2">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/kapil-sibal-sarcasm-sites-spoof-websites-vidyut-kale-rahul-modi-172679-2013-08-03|title=After Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Kapil Sibal gets a sarcastic site on himself|publisher=[[India Today]]|date=3 August 2013|access-date=23 March 2019|quote=The daredevil homemaker-cum-blogger shot into news with her blogs on the Keenan and Reuben murders in Mumbai. It was her efforts that helped the poor families get the attention that their case required and helped prevent the killers from going scot-free.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323094922/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/kapil-sibal-sarcasm-sites-spoof-websites-vidyut-kale-rahul-modi-172679-2013-08-03|archive-date=23 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="pcq-mag-2012a">{{cite web|url=https://www.pcquest.com/india-net-nanny-club-g/|publisher=[[PCQuest (magazine)|PCQuest]]|date=28 May 2012|access-date=27 March 2019|quote=Activist-blogger Vidyut Kale got a take-down notice for her blog post about a raid on a yacht party, where she exposed a history of financial misdealings. She too got a taste of Rule (3)|title=EDITORIAL: The world will remember 2012 as the year India tried every form of censorship imaginable on the internet, and failed.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327214914/https://www.pcquest.com/india-net-nanny-club-g/|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="gadget">{{cite web|url=https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/Narendra-Modi-spoof-site-resurrected-in-protest/articleshow/21440386.cms|title=Narendra Modi spoof site resurrected in protest|date=29 July 2013|author=Robin David|publisher=[[Indiatimes shopping|Gadgets Now]]|quote=Gounder and Kale say that they are not afraid of upsetting people.|access-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327222610/https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/Narendra-Modi-spoof-site-resurrected-in-protest/articleshow/21440386.cms|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="aa1">{{cite journal|url=http://ijlljs.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Namrata_Chakraborty_-_Article_for_ijlljs_vol_3_issue_3.pdf|title=HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGITAL MEDIA: A STUDY ON THE STATUS OF FREE SPEECH IN VIRTUAL WORLD WITH RESPECT TO US, UK & INDIAN OUTLOOK|author=Namrata Chakraborty ([[Symbiosis Law School]])|journal=International Journal of Law and Legal Jurisprudence Studies|volume=3|issue=3|pages=384–385|quote=Indian Scenario: Vidyut Kale|date=July 2016|issn=2348-8212|access-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411214542/http://ijlljs.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Namrata_Chakraborty_-_Article_for_ijlljs_vol_3_issue_3.pdf|archive-date=11 April 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="I2day-20130730a">{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/narendra-modi-rahul-gandhi-sarcasm-sites-spoof-websites-172144-2013-07-30|title=Meet the brain behind the sarcasm sites on Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi|date=2012-03-27|work=[[India Today]]|access-date=2019-03-15|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327221813/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/narendra-modi-rahul-gandhi-sarcasm-sites-spoof-websites-172144-2013-07-30|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="un1">{{cite web | url=https://itforchange.net/list-of-organisations-and-individuals-supporting-civil-society-input-to-un-working-group-looking-at | title=List of organisations and individuals supporting civil society input to the UN Working Group looking at institutional mechanisms for global governance of the Internet | publisher=IT For Change | date=September 2013 | access-date=27 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327202125/https://itforchange.net/list-of-organisations-and-individuals-supporting-civil-society-input-to-un-working-group-looking-at | archive-date=27 March 2019 |url-status=live| df=dmy-all }}</ref>

<ref name="un2">{{cite web | url=https://itforchange.net/sites/default/files/1091/WGEC%20-%20Joint%20response%20by%2043%20civil%20society%20organisations%20.pdf | title=Response to the questionnaire issued by CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation | publisher=[[United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development]] | date=September 2013 | access-date=27 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327202254/https://itforchange.net/sites/default/files/1091/WGEC%20-%20Joint%20response%20by%2043%20civil%20society%20organisations%20.pdf | archive-date=27 March 2019 |url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

<ref name="psainath">{{cite web|url=https://psainath.org/author/vidyut/|title=Articles by Vidyut Kayle|website=psainath.org|access-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327172351/https://psainath.org/author/vidyut/|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="quint">{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/opinion-aadhaar-data-leak-supreme-court-hearing-privacy-uidai|title=Dear Centre & UIDAI, Please Stop Misdirecting Us on Aadhaar|date=18 May 2018|publisher=[[The Quint]]|access-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327175111/https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/opinion-aadhaar-data-leak-supreme-court-hearing-privacy-uidai|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="DailyO">{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyo.in/user/2847/vidyut|title=Articles by Vidyut Kale|publisher=DailyO|quote=She is a blogger and commentator on social and socio-political issues|access-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327180219/https://www.dailyo.in/user/2847/vidyut|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="MediaNama">{{cite web|url=https://www.medianama.com/2018/05/223-cracked-aadhaar-enrollment-and-updation-software/|title=Cracked Aadhaar enrollment and updation software for sale on the black market: Report|publisher=[[MediaNama]]|author1=Vidyut Kale|author2=Nikhil Pahwa|date=1 May 2018|access-date=27 March 2019|quote=Vidyut is a commentator on socio-political issues with a keen interest in behavioral sciences, digital rights and security and manages to engage her various proficiencies to bring an unusual perspective to issues related with the intersection of tech and people.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327201014/https://www.medianama.com/2018/05/223-cracked-aadhaar-enrollment-and-updation-software/|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="MediaNama-2">{{cite web|url=https://www.medianama.com/author/vidyut/|title=Articles by Vidyut Kale|publisher=[[MediaNama]]|access-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327214107/https://www.medianama.com/author/vidyut/|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite web |title=Girls just wanna have... a voice |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/girls-just-wanna-have-a-voice/cid/1289150 |access-date=23 March 2019 |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |date=8 March 2014 |author=Prasun Chaudhuri |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323032550/https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/girls-just-wanna-have-a-voice/cid/1289150 |archive-date=23 March 2019 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

<ref name="TW-VG-20151206a">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Vidyut/status/673527384864239616|title=@Vidyut|publisher=Twitter|date=6 December 2015|access-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425011824/https://twitter.com/Vidyut/status/673527384864239616|archive-date=25 April 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="EconTimes">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Activists-bemoan-absence-of-active-Pirate-Party-in-India/articleshow/34542968.cms|title=Activists bemoan absence of "active" Pirate Party in India|author=Kim Arora|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 May 2014|access-date=23 March 2019|quote=Mumbai-based blogger and activist Vidyut Kale became active with the Indian Pirate Party last year.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331110613/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Activists-bemoan-absence-of-active-Pirate-Party-in-India/articleshow/34542968.cms|archive-date=31 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="FridayTimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.thefridaytimes.com/peace-after-pathankot/|publisher=[[The Friday Times]]|title=Peace after Pathankot
|author=Khuldune Shahid|date=8 January 2016|access-date=23 March 2019|quote=Indian sociopolitical blogger Vidyut Kale believes that while critics of Modi will not spare the opportunity to question him, most of them – except Shiv Sena – are very pro-talks.}}</ref>

<ref name="IndiaTimes">{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/team-aib-apologises-to-christian-community/articleshow/46180411.cms|title=Team AIB apologises to Christian community|date=10 February 2015|author=DIVYA RAJAGOPAL|access-date=25 March 2019|quote="Knowing the state of breaking law to create outrage, profiting from it, and ENDORSING them with public apology after apology. AIB FAIL," tweeted Vidyut Kale, blogger and a frequenter commentator on the micro blogging site Twitter.|publisher=[[India Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328120023/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/team-aib-apologises-to-christian-community/articleshow/46180411.cms|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="book">{{cite book|last=Kale|first=Vidyut|date=October 2012|title=Thoughts on India at aamjanata.com: from differences to diversity|publisher=[[OmniScriptum|Saarbrücken BloggingBooks]]|isbn=978-3-8417-7023-3|oclc=863996004|pages=148|df=dmy-all}}{{Self-published source|date=September 2019|reason=Making it clear this is self published|expert=y}}</ref>

<ref name="soapstar">{{cite web|title=These soap makers are making personal and political points with their handmade creations|first=Aekta|last=Kapoor|website=[[CNBC TV18]]
|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/buzz/these-soap-makers-are-making-personal-and-political-points-with-their-handmade-creations-3369641.htm|url-status=live|access-date=18 September 2019|date=19 May 2019
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604144228/https://www.cnbctv18.com/buzz/these-soap-makers-are-making-personal-and-political-points-with-their-handmade-creations-3369641.htm|archive-date=4 June 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="V-webdesign">{{cite web|website=Personal website of Vidyut Gore|title=Category "Webdesign"|access-date=18 September 2019|url-status=live|url=https://vidyut.net/webdesign/
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918092842/https://vidyut.net/webdesign/|archive-date=18 September 2019|df=dmy-all}}{{Self-published source|date=September 2019|reason=Making it clear this is self published|expert=y}}</ref>

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== External links ==
* {{URL|https://vidyut.net|Personal website}}
* [https://aamjanata.com/ Aam Janata Online Journal]

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