Milind Soman’s wife Ankita Konwar calls out racism: Northeast people can become Indians only after winning a medal

India has won a silver medal at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in weightlifting, all thanks to Mirabai Chanu, who hails from Northeast India’s Imphal. Milind Soman’s wife, Ankita Konwar has now criticized people for discriminating against Northeast India citizens. Ankita on Tuesday (July 27) wrote a post on her social media handle that stated India is ‘infested’ with racism and she also called people ‘hypocrites’.

Ankita’s post read, “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.” “Every. Single. Time ! #hypocrites,” she captioned her post.

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She has received several messages on the comments section supporting her. “It’s really sad and depressing, that despite of having such a diverse culture, we lack basic humanitarian things,” said one user while another wrote, “Absolutely Ma’am even I am an Assamese know this things very well.” A third user commented, “I couldn’t agree more … It just pains me so much to accept this,” while a fourth one wrote, “Absolutely right, This is what we face All the time…Well Said.”

Ankita Konwar, who is a fitness enthusiast, has often called out racism against people from Northeast. In an earlier note, she had written, “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. One day, we are no longer sidelined. One day, we are all equally Indians.”

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Milind and Ankita got married in 2018 in Mumbai. In April this year, the couple celebrated their third wedding anniversary. Sharing a picture of them together, Milind had captioned the post, “3 years!!! Happy anniversary @ankita_earthy Still seems like yesterday this is the smile that warms my heart, this is the sweetheart that makes me smile..”

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