India, June 4 -- An IIM graduate's heartwarming gesture for his parents has struck an emotional chord with social media users. The management professional travelled all the way to Pune with a singular, nostalgic mission: to hand over his first post-MBA salary to his parents entirely in cash. The idea struck him after a conversation with his father about how digitalisation has wiped away the tactile tradition of gifting one's first physical paycheck. Deciding to recreate that priceless memory, he bypassed digital bank transfers to give his mother and father a tangible token of his gratitude, sparking widespread praise online.

"Flew to Pune just for this soul(not just sole) purpose," Ashwajeet Kamble wrote on Instagram. He explained how he...