Tinkle Gogo, the little girl from Arunachal Pradesh who recently went viral for requesting people in mainland India not to label Northeasterners as “Chinese”, has shared a new video wherein she expresses her gratitude for the overwhelming support she received online. In the clip, Tinkle says, “Abhi hum India ho gaya. Thank you, thank you sabhi ko,” thanking netizens for embracing her message.The original clip, in which the girl innocently says, “Don’t call us Chinese, we are Indians,” was posted on the Instagram account (@karga_tinkle_gongo).Folding her hands, she said in the video, “Aap logon ke humein Chinese bolne se hum log bahut gussa hote hain, bahut dukhi hote hain. Please humko aise na bolo… Humko India bolo. (When you call us Chinese, we get angry, we get sad. Please don’t call us this, call us India(n).”In the new clip, she is happily saying, “Abhi hum India ho gaya. Thank you, thank you sabhi ko.” She can also be seen jumping with happiness.Netizens react:A user wrote, “People from Northeast India may look different and have different languages and cultures, but they are just as Indian as anyone from any other part of India.” Another reacted: “Now whole country knows you are an Indian.”


