Sindhu made a historic entry into the final of badminton women's singles event, hours after Sakshi had nailed the country's first medal following 11 blank days in this Brazilian city.
Congratulations and wishes from all across the country poured in on social media for India's daughters.
But as soon as Sakshi Malik won India the bronze medal in 58kg Women’s Wrestling and made the entire nation proud, Omar Quraishi, a Pakistani journalist, mocked her win at the Rio Olympics 2016 in a series of tweets.
"Finally one of the 119 competitors that India sent to Rio has won a medal - a bronze - now see how they portray it as if they won 20 golds. For a population of over 1.25 billion India managed just one bronze medal - Norway with 5 million managed 2," he said.
His infuriated tweet offended not just the general public, but also Bollywood superstar, Amitabh Bachchan. Twitter users lashed out at Quraishi for his insensitive remarks.