A US-based Indian-American plastic surgeon has spoken out after receiving a wave of racist comments online following a light-hearted Instagram video about her bindi, saying the experience exposed the level of anti-Indian hate circulating on social media.
Dr Karishma Reddy shared a video on her Instagram account addressing the backlash, revealing that what began as a simple story from her medical practice quickly turned into an outpouring of xenophobic abuse.
Dr Karishma Reddy says viral bindi video attracted hateful comments
According to Dr Reddy, the original Instagram reel featured a memorable interaction with one of her patients regarding the bindi she wears. She said the post was intended to be light-hearted but instead drew a large number of hostile comments.
"I have never seen so much anti-Indian rhetoric in my entire life," she said in the follow-up video.
"A lot of these comments were regarding telling me to go back to India. I was born and raised here in America."
