# Arunachal girl who was called Chinese says ‘ab hum India ho gaya’ 2026-08-23T13:22:57+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Karga Twinkle, the four-year-old girl from Arunachal Pradesh whose video went viral after she complained about being called Chinese, has posted a new video where she is seen happy and saying 'ab hum India ho gaya' (now we have become India). Her mother tells her that everyone now calls her 'India's baby'. In the earlier video, Twinkle had said people call her Chinese and she is Indian. The video garnered millions of views and thousands of Indians apologised to her. One user commented that India is a land of diversity and people from the northeast should not be seen as Chinese. Twinkle's Instagram followers have crossed 82,000 after the viral video. In the new clip, she smiles and says 'thank you, everyone'. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The video reflects a long-standing issue: many Indians from the northeast face casual racism and are mistaken for Chinese or Nepali, especially in metro cities. Northeast India has over 200 ethnic groups with distinct East Asian features. The central government runs a 'North East Special Division' to address such discrimination, but awareness remains low. Twinkle's case, however, turned into a moment of national embrace, with social media users flooding her with support. The next step for her family is likely to manage the sudden online fame and decide how to handle further media attention. ## Coverage - aajtak.in Framed as a feel-good human interest story, no editorialising or political slant. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Arunachal Pradesh, Instagram, Itanagar, Karga Twinkle Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/arunachal-girl-who-was-called-chinese-says-ab-hum-india-ho-gaya/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/arunachal-girl-who-was-called-chinese-says-ab-hum-india-ho-gaya/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/