Hummingbird News Desk
KOLKATA, 14 JULY: Inviting applications for new interns, NASA, one of top space agencies in the US, recently shared some images of its former interns on Twitter. The idea seemed to be to showcase the diversity of people serving at the US space agency.
Among the pictures of four interns was one of an Indian American girl, sitting on a desk wearing a sweater sporting NASA logo and with the idols of Goddess Laxmi and Saraswati surrounding her laptop.
What followed was widespread trolling of her faith, with some asking how the US space agency, a scientific organisation, could allow somebody who believes in God. Some comments bordered on Hinduphobia.
The post on Twitter showed photos of four diverse interns and was simply captioned, “Today’s the day: applications for fall NASA internships are due!”
However, some people mocked the photo of the Indian-origin girl for having Hindu idols next to her laptop in the photo for equating religion with science.
There were many people who came out in her support too and she received a wave of support from India.
Tags: #NASA #Intern #HinduGoddess #Laxmi #Saraswati
