“Sunita Williams told the BBC that reading the Ramayana and Bhagavad Gita while in space gave her strength and courage.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 14 Apr 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
There is no evidence that Sunita Williams made such a statement in any interview with the BBC. The BBC has not published any interview or news report quoting her as saying this.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 April 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 April 2025. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/surendrakumar.gupta.771/posts/pfbid02zcpxBxsp8yZtQSLrGRsn3SHsXf1…
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