The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on February 15 created history as it launched a record 104 satellites together from a single rocket, breaking previous records held by any country. Indians were ecstatic about the grand achievement and hailed the ISRO.
Twitter kept buzzing with reactions, some congratulatory, others proud, while a few taking a dig at neighbouring countries, especially Pakistan. Hilarious memes and gifs flooded the social media, and a few even compared ISRO’s achievements with that of NASA. However, whenever ISRO does something spectacular, one cartoon resurfaces every single time, and this time too was no exception. The arguably distasteful cartoon published by the New York Times in 2014 weighing in ISRO’s Mangalyaan mission.
The cartoon which showed a farmer with a cow knocking at the door of a room marked Elite Space Club, were criticised severely not only by Indians as well as people from elsewhere, had even forced the leading daily to issue a public apology. However, even three years later, people are not done with it.
Congrats #ISRO. Feeling proud as Indian. Isro cements the fact it's the best. #IsroMadeHistory. NYT's mimic backfires!On their face
This time, scores of people on Twitter and the Times of India newspaper responded to the controversial NYT cartoon, and it has created a lot of buzz on social media. The cartoon drawn by cartoonist Sandeep Adhwaryu has a flip of situations in which India, being at the forefront of space research, sits inside the “Elite Space Club” and The United States and other countries knock on the door with rockets in hand! It’s significant as of the 104 satellites, 101 were foreign satellites launched by PSLV on Wednesday and 96 were from the US. India’s space agency charges substantially less than its competitors in Europe and North America making it popular.
Here’s how the cartoons has India talking
Hope @nytimes remembers their cartoon on @isro . This is the answer from India. #ISRO104 #IsroMadeHistory#ISROMakingIndiaGreat
Of course with due respect to @NYTimes. a marvellously cheeky cartoon about @isro from @CartoonistSan
Dear @nytimes Please check what @CartoonistSan@hemantmorparia have to say about your 2014 jibe at @isro .
Hope this humbles u
Dear @isro, our cartoonist's tribute to you and your stupendous achievements. Keep it up! pic.twitter.com/sHau6XsecR
@timesofindia @CartoonistSan @isro wonderful depiction. Well deserved recognition to the team that is silently delivrring
Dear @isro, our cartoonist's tribute to you and your stupendous achievements. Keep it up! pic.twitter.com/sHau6XsecR
@timesofindia @isro # Bingo !!! # Moral for @nytimes - Never ridicule or underestimate the strengths of a developing country..
@nytimes @NYT @nytopinion @NYTNational : Answer yo your Made cartoon to make fun of #Indian #ISRO, #JaiHind, #NoOffence
#ISRO Couldn't help but thumb nose at anti-India #Commie rag @nytimes for their condescending cartoon after #Mangalyaan
Who's laughing now?
.@nytimes, remember your condescending cartoon on India's ISRO? Our cartoonist @CartoonistSan corrected it for you.
Thank you NYT for a boost up for @isrotwitter.com/timesofindia/s…
@CartoonistSan Just saw your ISRO comic strip response to the NYT one from 2014. Absolutely brilliant. Good job, mate.
@isro Awesome!!!! Loved the line " With Due Respect to NYT" #IndiaSpaceProgram
NYT ab apne elite space club ki batti bna k...u know 
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