ISRO’s launch of 104 satellites made news around the world because the hard-working team of Indian scientists broke the previous Russian record of launching 37 satellites, in a triumphant fashion.

The launch was monitored by various space agencies around the world especially because of the cost-effective manner in which the ISRO goes about its affairs. That a country which commissioned its space program in 1962 achieved this feat was a great way to answer all those critics who believed that India is light years away from doing something good in the commercial rocket space.

And so, this cartoon published in the Times of India, was a perfect retort to NYT’s insulting cartoon from three years back.

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For the uninitiated, NYT had published this cartoon after India launched its Mangalyaan mission in 2014 which angered the Indian community around the world. That cartoon was made by a Singapore based artist named Heng Kim Song.

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People loved the TOI reply and these tweets will haunt NYT for some time to come:

Dear @nytimes Please check what  @CartoonistSan @hemantmorparia have to say about your 2014 jibe at @isro .
Hope this humbles u pic.twitter.com/Lh35kI8VVC

Haha, New York Times just loves #ISRO ;-)#mangalyaan #ISRO104
h/t @Shravanbhat pic.twitter.com/FYtCKEHCdn

Old NYT cartoon was just arrogance & ignorance, while India's @isro launched 104 satellites, in one go, of which 96 from the US. #ISRO pic.twitter.com/EGW3EFphBE

Well done ISRO! Now on to bigger and better stuff!