The News Minute | October 31, 2014 | 03:58 pm IST The New York Times was heavily criticised for a 'racist' cartoon it published last month showing India, with a cow, knocking on the “Elite Space Club”. The cartoon came soon after India's successful Mars mission and many found the piece of illustration offensive and one that mocked India's historic achievement. Read: Dear New York Times: Do you even know what Malayali trolls are telling you on Facebook?( The New York Times' cartoon )The New York Times Facebook page was flooded with comments with several readers demanding an apology. The publication later published an apology on its Facebook page. Read: India trolls, The New York Times apologises for 'racist' Mangalyaan cartoonHowever, the matter didn't seem to end there. On October 29, the US unmanned rocket Antaris exploded during launch. Soon after which Hindustan Times published a cartoon, which is likely a counter to NYT's cartoon, on October 30. Many found Hindustan Times' illustration a 'brilliant' and 'fitting' response to The New York Times' cartoon. Hindustan Times gives a Fitting reply to NY Times Racist cartoon on ISRO. http://t.co/O7ir09eVzP— Gunesh Patil (@guneshpatil) October 31, 2014Excellent reply to The NYT cartoon insulting ISRO http://t.co/O7LtWwY0eq #ReshareIt via @ReshareItMedia— Shankar Srinivasan (@sshankars) October 31, 2014However, not all seem to be in support of the Indian publication's move. Some felt that the cartoon mocking Antaris' explosion was more like a 'revenge' and could have been avoided. Cartoon in Hindustan Times shouldn't have made fun of @NASA's rocket explosion. Very insensitive of a national newspaper @htTweets— Average Indian (@avgblogger) October 30, 2014I think this Hindustan Times cartoon purported to be a revenge for the NYT cartoon on ISRO, is downright STUPID. pic.twitter.com/XNqgvspnOr"— GabbbarSingh (@GabbbarSingh) October 30, 2014