New Delhi:
The web is filled with memes on just how challenging it is to impress Indian parents and there is no denying the tinge of truth in it. Though the notion that Indian parents are very academic and outcome oriented generally borders on the stereotypical, there are numerous funny posts on social media to add credence to this belief. And now, Indian-origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan from BuzzFeed News, who not too long ago received the Pulitzer Prize, shared with the world just how sparing and understated Indian fathers could be with their praise.
In a Twitter post that has gone viral because it was shared on Saturday, Ms Rajagopalan’s father can be seen congratulating his daughter with a basic, “Well done.”
In the screengrab shared by the journalist, her father wrote, “Congratulations Megha. Mom just forwarded me. Pulitzer Prize. Well done.” To this Ms Rajagopalan replied, “Thanks!!” Sharing the photo, she wrote, “Understated Indian dad reaction.”
Understated Indian dad reaction pic.twitter.com/bdE7I0Kaq2
— Megha Rajagopalan (@meghara) June 11, 2021
The father’s reaction resonated with numerous customers on Twitter, with Indian Twitteratti saying that he had pulled off the excellent “Indian dad” response to the circumstance. Author and producer, Meena Harris mentioned that Ms Rajagopalan’s father could pretty effectively be waiting for her to bag the Nobel Prize next.
In the meantime he’ll be waiting on that Nobel
— Meena Harris (@meena) June 11, 2021
Exclamation points are reserved for the Nobel Prize only, one more user mentioned.
No punctuation just after “well done” due to the fact exclamation points are for Nobels. But seriously, congratulations!
— Gautam Hans (@dispositive) June 11, 2021
Mimicking a frequent line of discussion that Indian parents adopt even though asking their youngster to aim greater, one user mentioned, “Just one Pulitzer? Why not two? Only one of your articles during all the year was okay?”
“Just one Pulitzer? Why not two? Only one of your articles during all the year was okay?”
— vhj (@vhj2012) June 11, 2021
Another Twitter user also applied the chance to hint at the typical Indian parents’ preference for medical professional and engineer jobs.
Still not a medical professional, Megha, but…effectively carried out, Beti.
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) June 11, 2021
Several other individuals mentioned that the proud father would be busy sharing the news with family and pals.
Don’t be concerned. They’ve also certainly by now forwarded it to every person they’ve ever met like the weird aunty down the road.
— Varun Vira (@VarunVira_) June 11, 2021
each #IndianDad – pretty subtle with their praise to you but will sing paeans about you to other individuals when you are not about 🙂 cc @SMedia4https://t.co/TbVGKMQBNf
— Ranjani (@RanKay2011) June 13, 2021
Take a look at some of the other reactions
Four sentences. Two periods. Zero exclamation marks. Marvelous.
Also… CONGRATULATIONS!
— Santa Maria (@briansantamaria) June 11, 2021
“why wasn’t it a pulitzer plus?”
— Scott Lucas (@scottlucas) June 11, 2021
How several of us getting difficulty with expression as Megha’s dad right here? I know I struggle. Something about the way we’re raised teaches us to usually suppress emotion, to the point that even when we want to, we cannot obtain the words.
Congratulations, Megha! This is big. https://t.co/Gvr0bSKTUf
— Kiran Jonnalagadda is ½???? (@jackerhack) June 12, 2021
What, no Nobel?
Congrats to @meghara— Well carried out. And also Rare. https://t.co/4jkSj9bzV7
— Jonah Blank (@JonahBlank) June 12, 2021
Ms Rajagopalan received the honour along with two other contributors, Alison Killing and Christo Buschek, for investigative reports on a vast infrastructure of prisons and mass internment camps secretly constructed by China for detaining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in its restive Xinjiang area.
In addition to Ms Rajagopalan, one more Indian-origin journalist Neil Bedi from Tampa Bay Times also won the Pulitzer Prize. He received the honour for nearby reporting.