Hima Das made history and Indians jumped in to ’Search’ her caste on Google

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Jul 19, 2018 : Days after nineteen-year-old Hima Das made history by winning a gold for India in an international track event, predictably, Google recorded a spike in searches for her.

But guess what was on top of the list of searches around Das? Her caste.When we typed Hima Das in the Google search bar, these are the suggestions that surfaced.

 

This was first noticed by several social media users who pointed out that a majority of Indians are yet again obsessed with caste.

However, there was a fair amount of criticism on social media for this obsession with caste as well. Several Twitter users pointed out that no matter what how many achievements Indians bag, regressive attitudes like these will always hold the country back from progress.

 

 

This won’t be the first time that shortly after a sportsperson have achieved a commendable feat, the country jumped in to find which caste he or she is from.


courtesy:Yahoo