India, June 15 -- A Delhi man's social media post has gone viral, not for outrage, but for the surprising wave of empathy it triggered. The user shared a photo of an elderly man sleeping on the floor of a Delhi Metro train in front of him. In his post, the anonymous user explained that after boarding the train, the elderly man briefly woke up and asked him to wake him up when his station arrives.

The man replied by telling him that he was getting down on the next station but the old traveller just repeated the same request, spread a cloth on the floor and went back to sleep.

The man was unsure whether the elderly passenger's behaviour was acceptable and asked the internet if he should have done something. Responding to his post, many us...