Ka taƙaita labarin:  Vijay Chokal-Ingam ya yi ikirarin cewa ya yi kama da baƙar fata yayin da ya yi amfani da makarantun likita a shekarar 1998 saboda ya yi imanin cewa yana da damar samun karɓa. Babban dan uwan mai ban dariya Mindy Kaling ya yi ikirarin cewa an karbe shi ne kawai a makarantar likita a ƙarshen 1990s saboda ya yi kamar baƙar fata. Da yake rubutu a shafinsa, Almost Black, Vijay Chokal-Ingam ya ce ya ji cewa dole ne ya canza kamanninsa don shiga Makarantar Koyon Magunguna ta Jami'ar St. Louis kuma ya yi mummunan hari kan manufofin tabbatar da aiki a Amurka. 'Na ƙuduri aniyar zama likita kuma na san cewa ka'idodin shigarwa ga wasu tsiraru a ƙarƙashin aikin tabbatarwa sun kasance, bari mu ce... ƙasa da tsauri?' ya rubuta Chokal-Ingam. 'Na shiga makarantar likita ne domin na ce ni bakar fata ce. Abin ban dariya shi ne, ba ni ba.' Chokal-Ingam ya yarda cewa 'yar'uwarsa ba ta goyi bayansa ba a lokacin gwajin zamantakewar sa kuma musamman ta roƙe shi kada ya yi hakan. Ya yi iƙirarin cewa a cikin 1998 ya aske kansa, ya yanke 'dogon gashin ido na Indiya' kuma ya shiga Kungiyar Black Students a yayin aikin. Canjin da ya yi a bayyanarsa ya 'ban mamaki sosai har 'yan'uwana na 'yan uwantaka ba su gane ni ba'. 'Vijay dan Indiya-Amurka ya zama Jojo dan Afirka na Afirka mai neman takaddama ga makarantar likita,' in ji shi, yana da'awar cewa Jojo shine sunan na biyu da aka haife shi. Kodayake shafin yanar gizon sa, AlmostBlack.com, yana nuna cancantar juna da hotunan Chokal-Ingam a matsayin Ba'amurke Ba'amurke (hagu) da baƙar fata (dama), bai bayyana ko ya shiga cikin tsarin aikace-aikacen ba a matsayin Ba'amurke Ba'amurke kamar yadda ya yi baƙar fata. A matsayinsa na Ba'amurke dan asalin Indiya mai matsakaicin maki 3.1, MCAT na 31 kuma memba na kungiyar daliban Kudancin Asiya, bai yi tunanin zai shiga makarantar likitanci ba, amma tare da sauya fasalinsa da sauya kungiyar dalibai, ya yi tunanin zai iya shiga wasu manyan makarantu a kasar. 'Na zama babban dan takara a wasu daga cikin manyan makarantun likitanci a Amurka, ciki har da Harvard, Wash U,...
Vijay Chokal-Ingam ya yi ikirarin cewa ya yi kama da baƙar fata kuma an karɓe shi a Jami'ar St. Louis School of Medicine a shekarar 1998. Ya yanke shawarar zai sami damar shiga makarantar likita idan ya kasance baƙar fata maimakon Ba'amurke ɗan Indiya. Ya ba da labarin abubuwan da ya samu a shafinsa na yanar gizo, Kusan Black kuma ya soki aikin da ya dace. Ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya aske kansa, ya yanke 'dogon gashin idanunsa na Indiya' kuma ya shiga Kungiyar Black Students.