Even a mask cannot hide the feeling of elation and excitement that arises when the words “touchdown confirmed” are uttered in a room. That was what the world witnessed last week, when NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully made its landing on Mars and the agency’s Jet propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena erupted with cheer. At the forefront of it all though, was a masked lady with a bindi - Indian-origin scientist Swati Mohan - who instantly grabbed the attention of Indian Twitterati.

A tiny, round bindi, like the one Anushka Sharma has worn, is the easiest transition to wearing the traditional accessory, according to Dhandhia