The photograph that was uploaded on Sunday was a prank by a twitter user under the hashtag #SelfieWithDaughter with a tag line that read 'Okay Diggy raja mistook #SelfieWithDaughter for selfie with daughter-aged GF...ROFL.'

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But clearly NYT did not get the joke and did not really 'Roll On The Floor Laughing,' nor did they get the 'daughter-aged-girl friend' hint in the tagline.

The newspaper carried the photograph along several other 'regular' selfies of fathers with their daughters with a detailed report on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative to promote equal rights for the girl child.

The series of photographs also has a picture of some non-Indians joining in with the #SelfieWithDaughter trend.

There has been no reaction from senior Congress politician Digvijaya Singh or from journalist Amrita Rai to the gaffe by NYT.