India, July 4 -- Sabeer Bhatia, the Indian-American co-founder of Hotmail, has irked social media with his latest post. In his Fourth of July message, commemorating US Independence Day, Bhatia also directed a piece of advice toward his Indian followers.

Bhatia started his post with an American flag emoticon and wrote, "Happy 250th Anniversary to my adopted country." He completed the line with an Indian flag emoji.

In the next line, he shared advice for Indian citizens on how they can turn their country into a nation like America: "The way I see it, India can become as prosperous as the US-all it takes is a change in the way its citizens think."

The share prompted mixed reactions. While some enraged social media users called out Bhatia ...