'Is she Indian?' Desi influencer's new friend in Vietnam refuses to believe she's from India. Who is Kriti Karmakar?
Vietnam claimed that a local woman she met refused to believe she was from India. She also shared a video of her interaction with the Vietnamese woman, prompting the internet to side with the foreigner.
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Instagram user and vlogger Kriti Karmakar shared the video with a caption that reads, “Indian girl in Vietnam. Yeh kya hogaya (What has happened)?” The video opens to show Karmakar saying, “Selfie lene ke liye ayi hai achanak say. (She suddenly came to capture a selfie with me.)” At this point, the woman asks Karmakar, “Where are you from?” The vlogger replies, “I’m from India.” To which the foreigner looks at Karmakar in shock while repeating, “India? India?”
Karmakar says that the Vietnamese woman initially refused to believe she was from India. However, later, she told the vlogger that she liked Indian food and showed some pictures.
Not just the Vietnamese woman, many people on social media posted how Karmakar doesn’t “look like an Indian.”
“You don't look typically Indian. Are you coming from Northeast India?” asked an individual. Another added, “She can’t be Indian. I am sure. A third posted, “India is so diverse yet people assume Indians are all dark skinned.” A fourth wrote, “Vietnam ko to chhodo, yaha to mujhe hi believe nahi ho raha (Even I can’t believe it).’
Who is Kriti Karmakar?
According to her LinkedIn profile, Karmakar has
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