Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakakahore a Mindy Kaling i te mōhio ki te kōwhiringa tautohetohe a tōna tuakana ki te whakakite i a ia e mea ana he Amerikana Āwherika ia kia uru atu ai ki te kura hauora. I kii tetahi māngai mo te kaikanikani ki a US Weekly kua roa ia e wehe ana i a Vijay Chokal-Ingam'mo nga tau' me te kii kaore ia i te mohio ki tana whakatau ki te tono ki te kura rongoa i raro i te ingoa rereke me te iwi. I puta mai tenei i te wa i whakaae ai a Chokal-Ingam, 38, kua kii tana tuahine ki a ia he 'hakina' ia mo tana whakatuwhera i tana wheako whakapae i mua o te tukunga o tana pukapuka hou, Tata ki te Pango, ka whakaahuahia e ia me pehea i uru ai ia ki te kura rongoa i te 1998 ma te whakarereke i tona ahua. Whakakahoretanga: I kii a Mindy Kaling kaore ia i te mohio ko tana tuakana te mea he pango ia i tana tono ki te kura rongoa i te mutunga o nga tau 1990. 'Ko taku tuahine Mindy Kaling (Vera Mindy Chokalingam), o te Mindy Project me Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, e tino whakahe ana ki taku pukapuka,' i tuhituhi ia. 'I kī mai ia, 'Ka whakama tēnei pukapuka ki tō mātou whānau.' Kāore te toenga o tōku whānau e whakaae ana ki te pukapuka. Heoi, e whakaute ana ratou ki taku tika ki te whakatau i aku ake whakatau ki taku mahi,' ka tapiritia e ia. E kii ana a Chokal-Ingam i runga i tana tuhinga i whakaaro ia me whakarereke e ia tona ahua kia uru atu ai ki te Whare Wananga o St. Louis mo te Kura Hauora me te whakaeke nui i nga kaupapa here whakamana i te United States. 'I tino whakatau ahau ki te noho hei taote, a, i mohio ahau ko nga paerewa whakauru mo etahi tokoiti i raro i te mahi whakapuaki, me kii... he iti ake te kaha?' i tuhituhi a Chokal-Ingam. 'I uru ahau ki te kura rongoā nā te mea i kī ahau he pango ahau. Ko te mea whakamiharo, ehara ahau i te mea.' E kii ana ia i te tau 1998 i haehae ia i tona mahunga, i tapahi i ona 'ngau Indian roa' ka uru atu ki te Whakahaere o nga Akonga Pango i te wa o te mahi. Ko nga kerēme tautohetohe: I runga i tana paetukutuku, AlmostBlack.com, e whakaatu ana a Chokal-Ingam i nga tohu me nga whakaahua o ia ano hei tangata Inia-Amerika (taha maui) me te tangata pango (taha matau). Kāore ia i te whakamārama mēnā i rite tonu tana tukanga tono ki te tangata Indian-American i a ia...
E kii ana a Mindy Kaling, 35, kaore ia i te mohio mo te whakatau a tona tuakana ki te tono ki te kura rongoa e kii ana he Amerikana Awherika. E kii ana a Vijay Chokal-Ingam, 38, i whakaaro ia he tangata pango, a, i whakaaetia ia ki te Whare Wananga o St. Louis o te Kura Hauora i te tau 1998. E mea ana ia ka pai ake tana whai wāhitanga ki te uru atu ki te kura rongoā mēnā he pango ia, ehara i te tangata Indian-American. Ka kōrero i ōna wheako i runga i tōna ake rangitaki, Almost Black, ā, ka whakahe i ngā mahi whakamana. I mate to raua whaea i te Hanuere 2012, e waru marama i muri i te kitenga o te mate pukupuku pancreatic.