H.C. Verma vs Anjali Arora? The meme that made the internet think

Why is the internet comparing H.C. Verma and Anjali Arora?

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00:00Why are internet users comparing H.C. Verma and Anjali Arora?

00:04One is a legendary physics professor whose books shaped generations.

00:08The other is a content creator who went viral dancing to Kaccha Badam during the pandemic.

00:13The comparison began after a video of H.C. Verma quietly riding the Kanpur metro went viral.

00:18The clip posted by an Instagram user Prakash Dev Mishra on July 2nd came with this caption.

00:23It struck a chord.

00:24The video went viral, racking up millions of views and spreading across reels, meme pages and comment threads.

00:31And that's when the internet did what it does best.

00:34Created a comparison.

00:36Another post surfaced two pictures side by side.

00:39On the left, Anjali Arora was standing next to a luxury Mercedes.

00:43On the right, H.C. Verma was in the metro.

00:45The caption read,

00:47This is how society rewards value.

00:49What followed was a wave of meme posts.

00:52With internet users drawing stark comparisons between Verma's humility and Aroda's influencer lifestyle.

00:58Some called it satire.

01:00Others saw it as commentary on fame, merit and how society measures success.

01:05Either way, the meme did its job.

01:07It made the internet pause and think.