Indian American NASA intern’s photo with Hindu idols on her table goes viral

July 13: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States of America recently shared photographs of individuals who had received an opportunity to pursue an internship and the space research agency. While inviting applications for internships, NASA recently tweeted photographs of some of its interns. One of the images that has gone viral shows an Indian-American girl, Pratima Roy, sitting on a desk with a laptop and idols of Goddess Saraswati, Goddess Lakshmi and others.

The photograph which showed Pratima Roy with sculptures of Hindu Goddesses on her table and the wall plastered with photographs of Hindu Gods and Goddesses created quite the flutter on social media. Some users criticised the presence of the idols at the workspace of the Indian-origin intern, while others questioned NASA for putting up a stereotypical image of an Indian girl. Some even accused NASA of destroying ‘Science’.

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— NASA (@NASA) July 9, 2021

But the trolling has now backfired on the “intellectuals”, with supporters saying they were completely okay with the fact that the Indian NASA intern had Hindu idols beside her. “Shout out to the beautiful Hindu woman for proudly representing her culture,” a comment read.