While social media is flooded with pics with fathers and brands trying to be quirkier than the last year’s Father’s day with their out-of-the-box social media copies and campaigns, there are some heartwarming stories that touch our hearts. Vancouver-based Indian Twitter user Nishant Jain shared an incident from his high school days involving his father on Twitter. His Twitter thread is going viral for all the right reasons.
Go on, read the thread here.
My father saved me the day I was about to join FIITJEE. We went to pay the fees together. The receptionist explained a daily schedule of 5-6 hours of homework, with no room for sports or other interests. "Everyone is doing it, here's the form for the fee…"
— Nishant Jain | SneakyArtist (@SneakyArt) June 20, 2021
"But he plays badminton," said my father. The lady shrugged. He took my hand and we turned around and left.
Result – I spent class 11 and 12 as the only person not taking any tuitions. I read, I wrote a blog, I played sports. I had FREE TIME..
— Nishant Jain | SneakyArtist (@SneakyArt) June 20, 2021
It made me who I am. I still got a masters in engineering from one of the top places in the world. But I also started a blog in class 11. That blog later became a webcomic. That webcomic led to another, which led to SneakyArt. And I didn't stop writing.
— Nishant Jain | SneakyArtist (@SneakyArt) June 20, 2021
Maybe all because of one decision that day, when we didn't sacrifice my interests to do "what everyone is doing".
I learned – he taught me – to not sacrifice myself for what everyone is doing.
Happy Father's Day to the good guys. ?
— Nishant Jain | SneakyArtist (@SneakyArt) June 20, 2021
Nishant’s father’s encouragement led him to create Sneaky Art. Nishant calls himself ‘The Sneaky Artist’. According to his website, SneakyArt is the practice of drawing beauty from your world, without drawing attention.
Here’s the Sneaky Art Nishant made of his father.
#SneakyArt from the last time they visited. I haven't seen parents and family since October 2019. So it goes. pic.twitter.com/YgdDCAksK2
— Nishant Jain | SneakyArtist (@SneakyArt) June 20, 2021