Shashi Tharoor retweeted a tweet of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee’s Minority department chairman J. Aslam Basha with an image of a woman pulling a hand-pulled rickshaw with a caption "IAS topper, introducing her father to people. Grand salute to her and her father.. PC: Sanjay Singh".

Mr Aslam has given the image credit to Sanjay Singh.

When we searched on Facebook, we found that it was also shared by a Facebook page "Silchar Diary" on 3rd Oct with a similar caption.

Many people on Twitter pointed out that the caption is not true. A Twitter user Mayukh Ranjan Ghosh replied "@JAslamBasha @ShashiTharoor don't post fake pictures as real story! Dis pic ws taken in Kolkata.D girl is Shromona,a Kolkata instagramer.D man sitting is a hand rickshaw puller. She gave a day's respite to d man. Nothing 2do wid IAS daughter & her father."

The girl pulling the rickshaw is Shromona Poddar and the photographer is Bhaskar Chal. It was shot on28 Aprill, Shobhabazar, Kolkata.

Here is what Shromona wrote on her Instagram page:

Since childhood, whenever I used to visit the north and central part of Calcutta essentially, I would feel sympathetic everytime I would spot a hand pulled rickshaw, thereby choosing not to use them. Until recently when my sympathy coincided with the realization that we're helping to earn their bread and butter only when we're taking a ride.

So last time I was in Calcutta, the #wildcraftwildling in me decided to pull a handpull rickshaw instead, to see how difficult and strenuous it really is. I asked the rickshaw uncle to have a seat while I pulled him around on the streets of Shobhabazar, tickling the bell at intervals while the whole street stood and watched in awe.

I realized though there's a lot of mechanism involved, it wasn't a piece of cake at all. All my years of inquistiveness transpired to salutation for the extreme precision and relentless efforts that go in during each trip made. Yet each day they wake up with the same enthusiasm to battle the odds. This spirit is what inspires me to be 

Conclusion: The caption being shared on social media with the image is not true.