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{{Short description|Indian social activist}}
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'''Dushyant Dubey''', also known as '''St Broseph''', is an Indian social activist and [[Right to Information Act, 2005|RTI]] activist.<ref name="f865">{{cite web | title=Emergency calls to 112 can be anonymous: RTI response | website=Deccan Herald | date=2025-02-08 | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/emergency-calls-to-112-can-be-anonymous-rti-response-3396891 | access-date=2025-11-26}}</ref><ref name="u000">{{cite web | last1=Walker | first1=Anna-Kaisa | last2=Dean | first2=Flannery | last3=Bendall | first3=Lisa | last4=McBride | first4=Jason | last5=Anuja | first5=Naorem | title=Only Good News! | publisher=[[Reader's Digest]]| date=2023-02-15 | url=https://www.readersdigest.in/features/story-only-good-news-127622 | access-date=2025-11-26}}</ref>

[[File:Dushyant Dubey.jpg|thumb|Dushyant Dubey talking to students of Resurrection School, Indiranagar on 9 August 2023, his birthday.]]

==Career==

In 2008, Dubey attracted coverage for his attempts to help a 19-year-old American man named Abraham Briggs who was committing suicide in front of over 1,000 online users. Dubey called the Miami police, however, Briggs was dead before officials arrived at the scene.<ref name="v394">{{cite journal | last=Polder-Verkiel | first=Saskia E. | title=Online Responsibility: Bad Samaritanism and the Influence of Internet Mediation | journal=Science and Engineering Ethics | publisher=[[Springer Publishing]] | volume=18 | issue=1 | date=2010-12-16 | issn=1353-3452 | doi=10.1007/s11948-010-9253-z | pages=117–141| doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="s367">{{cite web | author=Bernd Wilken - adminion | title=Reporter-Forum: Autoren | website=Reporter-Forum | url=https://archiv.reporter-forum.de/index.php%3Fid=117&tx_rfartikel_pi1[showUid]=329&cHash=fb87f0d1cc8e97acf79dd0811a945e23.html | language=de | access-date=2025-11-26}}</ref><ref name="k454"/> In 2019, Dubey hosted a show on YouTube.<ref name="s315">{{cite book | last1=Kumar | first1=Akshaya | last2=Thakur | first2=Raj | title=Popular Culture in South Asian Context | publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] | date=2025-11-10 | isbn=978-1-04-044358-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0aOJEQAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT247 | access-date=2025-11-25 | page=247}}</ref>

In 2020, Dubey helped people seeking help on [[Reddit]] over [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]]. Later on, he started providing help to the people on the same forum over a range of other issues.<ref name="l360">{{cite web | last=Chandrasekhar | first=Arnav | title=St Broseph, the savior for people in distress coming to Bengaluru | website=The Indian Express | date=2023-04-26 | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/st-broseph-the-savior-for-people-in-distress-coming-to-bengaluru-8576475/ | access-date=2025-11-25}}</ref><ref name="b016">{{cite web | last=Alex | first=Christina | title=Meet Broseph, the Good Samaritan of Bengaluru | website=[[Mathrubhumi]] | date=2024-04-06 | url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/specials/meet-broseph-the-good-samaritan-of-bengaluru-f97e9a10 | access-date=2025-11-25}}</ref> In 2022, he organised wall painting project ''Freedom Wall'' for depicting historical Indian personalities.<ref name="c512">{{cite web | last=Ahuja | first=Simran | title=Mural in Indiranagar pays ode to Indian legends, freedom fighters | website=The Hindu | date=2022-08-05 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/mural-in-indiranagar-pays-ode-to-indian-legends-freedom-fighters/article65654356.ece | access-date=2025-11-25}}</ref>

As of 2024, Dubey, also known as ''St Broseph'',<ref name="f899">{{cite web | last=NEON | first=Quint | title=Social Worker Lauded Online For Clearing Waterlogged Roads in Bengaluru | website=TheQuint | date=2023-05-23 | url=https://www.thequint.com/neon/social-buzz/st-broseph-bengaluru-man-clears-waterlogged-road-alone | access-date=2025-11-25}}</ref> has expanded his volunteer organisation to include more than 6,000 volunteers with chapters in [[Bengaluru]], [[Hyderabad]], and [[Chennai]].<ref name="b016"/><ref name="k454">{{cite web | last=Sali | first=Sonia | title=Batman of Bengaluru: Social Worker Dushyant Dubbey and St Broseph Foundation transforming lives in the City | website=The New Indian Express | date=2024-09-01 | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/good-news/2024/Sep/01/batman-of-bengaluru-social-worker-dushyant-dubbey-and-st-broseph-foundation-transforming-lives-in-the-city | access-date=2025-11-25}}</ref>

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OrenCombs50836 at 12:10, 16 February 2026