India, Dec. 30 -- On December 27, a woman named Charvi shared a photograph on social media. The picture showed her and her friend posing with a man dressed in a Santa Claus costume. "Google, Amazon and Santa all in one frame," she captioned the picture - referring to the top tech companies where and her friend work.

This simple photograph, and the accompanying caption, made Charvi and her friend the target of brutal trolling online.

Charvi, who works as a software engineer at Amazon, likely did not expect backlash for a seemingly innocuous post. She has since hit back at trolls with a powerful message, pointing out that most of the hate is directed towards her either because of her gender or her nationality.

Charvi's picture has collec...