On 12th January, the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda is celebrated all over India and in different countries in the world.
On Sunday, Ms Sitharaman, 60, took to Twitter to mark Swami Vivekananda's birth anniversary with one of his quotes. "Awake, arise, and dream no more!" read part of the excerpt from 'The Awakened India' by Swami Vivekananda that Ms Sitharaman posted on Twitter.
After posting the verse, the minister added that the words were taken from "The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda IV, pp 388-89".
Responding to the tweet, Twitter user Sanjoy Ghose tried to tell Ms Sitharaman that she did not use the correct quote.
Ms Sitharaman countered Mr Ghose's claim that she had misquoted Swami Vivekanand.
Ms Sitharaman's response to Ghose was applauded by the netizens as "dignified", while others criticised Mr Ghose's use of the term "sweetie".