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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Indian-American plastic surgeon says she was told to 'go back to India' for wearing bindi, responds with a powerful message: 'You will never lose anything...'

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.

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