Nepalese offended as Google does not show Topi Diwas Doodle

02, Jan 2018 By Fake It Nepal 

Nepalese are known for being a hard to please lot with their sensitivity towards issues having reached an all time high in the last few years. So naturally, Nepalese took offense to Google’s decision to show some random doodle about some milestone in the electronic music industry on the auspicious Nepalese occasion of Rastriya Topi Diwas.

To that end, several tweets and statuses started making the rounds on Nepal. One of the voices said “First we don’t get an off during office today, now this? It’s just too hard a pill to swallow”. Another one read “We should boycott Google and its services in Nepal and use a local search engine instead”. When reminded that such a search engine doesn’t exist, the tweeter responded saying “In that case, we should come up with one and call it Bhugol”. Some even went as far as calling for CEO Sundar Pichai’s resignation stating “Mr. Sundar Pichai has disappointed us despite having his roots in one of the SAARC nations and he should come out and apologize to everyone”.

The misstep actually prompted a statement from Google as well. In its officially released statement, a Google spokesperson said “We’re aware of the outrage that this has caused but we’d like to remind our fellow Nepalese that the true celebration is tomorrow and not today”. On seeing the statements, one of the angry responses was “Their tomorrow is our today. Google is mistaken.” When prompted for proof, he said “We’ve all started seeing people posting pictures with Dhaka Topis on Social Mediaand that is proof enough.”

Our attempts to contact Mr. Sundar Pichai for an official statement were unsuccessful.

 Update: CEO Sundar Pichai has responded with the below tweet: to

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