They say blood is thicker than water. Maybe, nowadays, we can say the same about Social Media sites.
Four years ago 28-year-old Krishna Mohan Tripathi, a resident of Gorakhpur in India’s Uttar Pradesh state started interacting with Deb on Facebook.
Krishna lost his mother at a young age, when he was still a teenager. The facebook relationship with Deb gave him an opportunity to share his feelings with a woman, who started filling in his mother’s shoes.
So when it was time for Krishna to get married, his American ‘Facebook’ mother – Deb travelled all the way to India to attend Krishna’s wedding.
Not only did Miller embrace Indian traditions by donning a golden Banarsi sari, she bestowed lavish gifts on Tripathi and his bride. She gifted them jewellery worth Rs 25 lakh, as well as a 125-year-old ring that she had purchased from an auction house in Britain.
Miller left with promises to come back and visit the Taj Mahal with her son, claiming she had fallen in love with India, and took 24 saris back with her as return gifts.
Tripathi, an aspiring lawyer, who is currently studying in Awadh University in Faizabad, also plans to visit Miller in America soon.
