Casteism and racism are two topics that have been quite sensational and sensitive. In India, to be specific, there are many cases where people have claimed that they have been a victim of racist remarks and have urged the government to take proper actions. Many times, we have seen several celebs taking to social media and sharing their opinion on the same matter. But there is one person, who often shares her own experiences on the web and then it has to be model-actor-host Milind Soman’s wife Ankita Konwar. 

Ankita hails from the northern part of India and just like her husband, she is also into fitness and is often seen accompanying him for marathons and treks. Apart from her fitness journey, Ankita also grabs eyeballs for her statements on discrimination faced by northeastern people in India. Either through her Instagram videos or tweets, Ankita makes sure that she puts forward her point and makes people understand the same. She did a similar thing recently as well. 

The star-wife took to social media and shared a note, in which she claimed that India is “infected” by not just casteism but racism too. She captioned her note as “Every. Single. Time! #hypocrites.” Her note reads, “If you’re from Northeast India, you can become an Indian ONLY when you win a medal for the country. Otherwise we are known as “chinky” “Chinese” “Nepali” or a new addition “corona”. India is not just infested with casteism but racism too. Speaking from my experience. #Hypocrites.” 

Ankita has cited the example after several athletes from northeast India won medals in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.   

This is not the first time that Ankita has come forward and said something like this. Earlier, she took to Instagram and shared a video, in which, she was seen talking about the discrimination that she faced being from north India. “I have personally experienced these little “differences” that certain people or situations make you feel. But do we give in or keep fighting? I haven’t given up the hope that one day, we will be accepted and loved exactly the way we are by our brothers and sisters. One day, we have more representations to look up to. One day, we have equal opportunities when it comes to infrastructures and accessibility,” she wrote in her note. 

“One day, we are no longer sidelined. One day, we are all equally Indians,” wrote Ankita.