# Arunachal girl’s ‘don’t call us Chinese’ video goes viral, she thanks supporters 2026-08-20T14:25:57+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets A young girl from Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, has gone viral after a video in which she pleaded with people not to call her and others from the Northeast 'Chinese'. In the clip, the girl, later identified as Tinkle Gogo, says she feels hurt and angry when her nationality is questioned because of her facial features. The video, posted on Instagram, sparked a wider conversation about racial stereotyping faced by people from India's Northeast. Times Now reports that Gogo has since shared a follow-up video thanking the internet for the support. In it, she happily says, 'Abhi hum India ho gaya' (Now I have become India) and folds her hands in gratitude. The original clip had drawn thousands of comments, with many users standing in solidarity and condemning the stereotyping of Northeastern Indians. The incident has brought renewed attention to discrimination faced by people from the region. Times Now notes that in February 2026, three women from Arunachal were allegedly racially abused in Delhi, and a boy from Tripura reportedly died after an attack in Uttarakhand in December 2025 following a racial slur. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both ndtv.com and Times Now report the story in a straight, neutral-report style, focusing on the girl's emotional appeal and the subsequent wave of support. Neither outlet adopts a pro-government or government-critical frame. Ndtv.com leads with the girl's pain and the social media reaction, while Times Now adds a second video and two recent cases of discrimination against Northeasterners in Delhi and Uttarakhand. The coverage is uniform straight reporting, the measured takeaway is that the viral moment has once again spotlighted persistent racial stereotyping of Northeastern Indians, with no new policy or official response yet reported. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - ndtv.com (neutral report) Straight report on viral video and social media reaction, no framing beyond human interest. - timesnownews.com (neutral report) Straight report on the follow-up video, adds context of recent discrimination cases. This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-22T13:35:46+00:00. Tags: Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar, Northeast India, racial discrimination Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/arunachal-girls-indian-reply-to-chinese-taunt-goes-viral/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/arunachal-girls-indian-reply-to-chinese-taunt-goes-viral/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports 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. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/